Thursday, July 27 2017 13:40

ArmInfo. To knock down the Russian Iskander missiles, the Israeli tactical missile defense system "Iron Dome" is incapable. Therefore, Zakir Hasanov's recent  statement most likely pursued political goals, says Igor Korotchenko,  editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine."In my opinion, when  declaring anti-ballistic missiles in the arsenal of the Azerbaijani  Armed Forces capable of destroying missiles from the Iskander  complexes of the Armenian Armed Forces, Azerbaijani Defense Minister  Zakir Hasanov was probably referring to the Israeli anti-aircraft  missile system Iron Dome," he said. .According to the expert, the  tactical and technical characteristics of the Iron Dome can not be  used to shoot Iskander missiles.

That's why this system was originally developed as a means of  anti-aircraft defense against homemade missiles, ramp-fire systems  and mortar shelling of Palestinian militants. Especially considering  two types of "Iskander" carrier: a cruise missile flying at an  extremely low altitude and a ballistic missile with an unpredictable  trajectory.

The family of operational and tactical missile systems: Iskander,  Iskander-K, Iskander-M was developed in the Kolomna Design Bureau of  Machine Building. The main purpose of the "Iskander" PBC is to  destroy the enemy's air defense and missile defense systems, as well  as the most important objects covered by them. OTRK Iskander, along  with air defense systems such as the S-400, and coastal anti-ship  complexes of the Bastion class, plays a key role in the concept of  the Armed Forces of Russia "Access Denied Zone", which consists in  the impossibility of finding and moving NATO troops within the range  of systems of the restricted zone Without the risk of causing them  unacceptable damage.

Developed by the Israeli company Rafael, the tactical missile defense  system "Iron Dome" is designed to protect against unguided tactical  missiles with a range of flight from 4 to 70 kilometers. One battery  can protect the area of 150 square meters. Km. From 2011 to 2014  years. Batteries of the "Iron Dome", 1200 rockets were shot down.