COBRA radar:

• It provides the determination of the positions of the enemy’s artillery, mortar batteries and rocket launchers of terrorist groups along the trajectory of the projectile.
• It can calculate the drop points of projectiles and missiles, allowing you to adjust the fire of your units, as well as informing them of the threat of fire damage.

DETAIL:

• RIt was jointly developed by Thales, Airbus Defense and Space and Lockheed Martin for the armed forces of Germany, France and Great Britain.
• in service in 2005
• Ukraine needs 40 such systems
• At the initial stage, Ukraine may receive 3-5 of the 19 systems in the Bundeswehr.
• The cost of a system is 50 million euros

FEATURES:

• semiconductor phase antenna of the centimeter range (C-band), consisting of several thousand transceiver modules.
• Movement sectors are 180 degrees horizontally and -5 to +25 degrees vertically.
• Navigation: satellite and inertial
• The range of exploration in a sector of 90 degrees in azimuth is 40 km.
• Maximum productivity – detection of 40 fire positions in 2 minutes.
• Deployment time – 10 minutes.

CALCULATION

• 3-4 people

HOW IMPORTANT FOR UKRAINE

• COBRA systems can significantly increase the effectiveness of NATO standard artillery, especially the German Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzer.

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