South Korea can overtake Russia after the Pantsir-S1’s failure in Syria

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According to forecasts, the South Korean company Hanwha Defense Systems with its most advanced self-propelled anti-aircraft defence system, called the Hybrid BIHO, could outrun Russia at the arms market after Pantsir-S1’s failure in Syria.

Early, during an overnight raid on purported Iranian positions in Syria, Israeli rockets hit a Russian-made Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system. A few months ago, Russian air defence system could not bring down the cruise missiles and, in addition, the Pantsir has a number of difficulties in combating lightweight drones.

Against the backdrop of problems with the Russian system, a proposal from South Korea interested a large number of potential customers. The Hybrid BIHO consists of a 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft defense system ‘BIHO’ combined with the portable surface-to-air guided missile system and intercepts low altitude infiltrating enemy aircraft and helicopters. The Hybrid BIHO can carry a total of 4 guided missiles with an effective range of 5km with upgraded potential to 8-10 km.

More: Korea’s Biho might be one of the most effective short-range anti-aircraft systems ever

South Kores’s air defence system features the detection distance of 21km and excellent tracking and aiming capability against enemy aircraft infiltration. The standard version of the Biho is armed with two 30 mm automatic cannons. The cyclic rate of fire for a single gun is 600 rounds per minute.

More: South Korea tests upgraded K30 Biho self-propelled air defence system

Each gun is provided with 300 rounds of ready to use ammunition. Also, it carries 4 short-range surface-to-air missile systems with effective ranges of 5km (in future 8-10).

The missiles features an integral Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system, full night and adverse weather capabilities, and a two-color infrared seeker to aid in negating countermeasures.

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[Beast]

China will fill in the slot to replace Russia. You expect countries like Syria or Iran to buy South Korea weapon with western components? What a stupid article.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The unit was not operational as you can see folks were standing outside having conversation

A man is seen to rush towards the machine perhaps alarm went off he was not in his machine and computer may have asked instructions to engage or false call (6-7 seconds were lost by him being out of his machine to engage incoming missile). Under normal circumstances the officer would have pressed a button to set the active mode on and the cannons and close range defence would have kicked in

The machine wuold also have given a soft warning incoming boogie (1-2 min prior but since the guy was having a conversation outside it may have been missed)

The difference in not being at your seat/position in battle machine may have caused this loss

If the guy was on his place he likely would have changed the setting in Pansir to be in active mode

We still see 2-3 other folks casually stand perhaps the were off duty

Why leave machine in inactive mode ??? May be policy or just for civilian craft safety

But this could very well be a CGi Propaganda


Russian Force response
https://www.rt.com/news/426520-syria-israel-pantsir-russia/


A functional SA-22 would never let a missile reach it, a former deputy head of the Russian Air Force told RT. The Russian-made system filmed getting hit by an Israeli missile in Syria was either turned off or out of ammo.

There can be only two possible explanations for a successful strike against a Pantsir-S1: "One is that it had already used up its ammunition reserve. The other is that it was simply turned off; it wasn't battle ready," Aytech Bizhev, a former Russian Air Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief, said.


A military observer for the Gazeta.ru website, retired Colonel Mikhail Khodorenok, also pointed out that the Russian-made system wasn't in any way camouflaged or placed in a specially prepared position at the time of the airstrike. "This indicates that the Pantsir- S1 wasn't ready for engagement."

Khodorenok said that incident in Syria doesn't give a reason "to question the high combat capabilities" of the Pantsir-S1 system.

 

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According to forecasts, the South Korean company Hanwha Defense Systems with its most advanced self-propelled anti-aircraft defence system, called the Hybrid BIHO, could outrun Russia at the arms market after Pantsir-S1’s failure in Syria.

Early, during an overnight raid on purported Iranian positions in Syria, Israeli rockets hit a Russian-made Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system. A few months ago, Russian air defence system could not bring down the cruise missiles and, in addition, the Pantsir has a number of difficulties in combating lightweight drones.

Against the backdrop of problems with the Russian system, a proposal from South Korea interested a large number of potential customers. The Hybrid BIHO consists of a 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft defense system ‘BIHO’ combined with the portable surface-to-air guided missile system and intercepts low altitude infiltrating enemy aircraft and helicopters. The Hybrid BIHO can carry a total of 4 guided missiles with an effective range of 5km with upgraded potential to 8-10 km.

More: Korea’s Biho might be one of the most effective short-range anti-aircraft systems ever

South Kores’s air defence system features the detection distance of 21km and excellent tracking and aiming capability against enemy aircraft infiltration. The standard version of the Biho is armed with two 30 mm automatic cannons. The cyclic rate of fire for a single gun is 600 rounds per minute.

More: South Korea tests upgraded K30 Biho self-propelled air defence system

Each gun is provided with 300 rounds of ready to use ammunition. Also, it carries 4 short-range surface-to-air missile systems with effective ranges of 5km (in future 8-10).

The missiles features an integral Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system, full night and adverse weather capabilities, and a two-color infrared seeker to aid in negating countermeasures.

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Just marketing crap..

This system is not equivalent to pantsir. It is like going back to days of ZSU-23-4 which were comprehensively beaten in first Gulf war. Having a ceiling of roughly 5-7000 feet, in absence of air force support or outside AD cover they are easy to neutralise. It is even worse than tunguska which at-least had the earlier version of missiles which Pantsir have. They had a ceiling of roughly 10-12000 feet. Pantsir s2, in specs, is still the best combined point defence system.

 

[type93]

Good joke

 

[vostok]

We made such things in 70's.

 

[Meliodas]

And now India seems to be buying this system

 

[LeGenD]

Not the first time Russian hardware have failed to live up to its hype, numerous examples across the board.

Anyways, good strategy also make difference. Israeli air strikes in Syria seem to be carefully planned and executed.