The US military recognized that bureaucracy undermines the country's defense capability. The expert is sure that a potential adversary cannot keep up with the development of the RF Armed Forces.

Speaking to the US Congressional Armed Services Committee, Sr. Researcher Center for a New American Security Paul Sharre told the senators the disappointing news: America is not ready for a potential military conflict with its opponents. According to the speaker, Russia is ahead of the United States in the field of electronic warfare (EW), medium and long-range missiles, as well as air defense.

Sharre acknowledged that american army can no longer ensure the former military presence in the western part Pacific Ocean and faces similar problems in Europe. The reason for the fading potential of the US Armed Forces, according to the military, is strategic miscalculations in planning. Due to excessive bureaucracy in the system of distribution of defense spending, the modernization of new types of weapons can take decades.

Head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the PRUE G.V. Plekhanova, military expert Andrey Koshkin in the comment IA "Politics Today" noted that for last years Russia has become a leader in electronic warfare, having singled out this area as one of the priorities.

The political scientist recalled the incident with the American destroyer "Donald Cook" in the Black Sea. In the spring of 2014, the team was frightened by a Russian Su-24 bomber, using the Khibiny electronic warfare system against an intruder maneuvering off the coast of Crimea. The effect was worse than from the refreshing mountain air. Cook's radars were blinded, and 27 American sailors, upon arrival at the port, wrote a letter of resignation, disappointed in the capabilities of their destroyer.

Koshkin gives another example of efficiency Russian funds EW:

“A swarm of drones attacked our Syrian base in Khmeinim. We destroyed all the drones, and we managed to reprogram six of them, intercepting the signal. Drones landed, however, three of them exploded on contact with the ground. But the remaining three we were able to explore. There were other cases when it was possible not only to prevent the enemy's impact with the help of electronic warfare, but also to intercept weapons, and then use them for their own purposes. Here we feel confident and continue to improve electronic warfare devices,” says Koshkin.

The incident mentioned by the expert took place on the night of January 6, 2018 at the Khmeinim base of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the base of the Russian Navy in Tartus. At once, 13 multicopters tried to drop improvised mines on Russian military facilities, however, according to the Ministry of Defense, the security system violated the terrorists' plans.

Commenting on American concerns about opportunities Russian missiles medium and short range, Koshkin suggested that the United States is aware of the low effectiveness of its own intercontinental ballistic missiles LGM-30.

“They now want to put more advanced ballistic missiles. About it we are talking in the US Nuclear Posture Review. During the campaign, Trump spoke about the need to improve the nuclear triad, as it lags behind modern requirements reached by other states. We are making progress in this regard. We are constantly improving our nuclear shield, as we are forced to respond to aggression emanating from the United States and NATO,” the political scientist said.

Apart from electronic warfare systems Russia has at its disposal powerful anti-aircraft and missile defense to resist any aggressor. One of the latest developments of the Russian defense concern Almaz-Antey is an anti-aircraft rocket system Prometheus can destroy not only aircraft, but also hypersonic and cruise intercontinental ballistic missiles. American bloggers modeled a likely US Air Force collision with the Prometheus and came to the conclusion that NATO's fifth-generation F35 and F22 fighters have no chance.

“RIP F-22,” netizens stated.

Russian Su-24 bombers several times flew dangerously close to the American destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. The Pentagon said in a statement that the actions of the Russian pilots were "dangerous, potentially provocative and could lead to a collision," the Actual Camera (ETV+) morning TV news broadcast.

The commander of the American destroyer notes that the planes flew at a distance of less than 10 meters from the ship and conducted a "simulation of the attack." The bombers were reportedly unarmed. The pilots of the aircraft did not respond to the radio messages of the destroyer's team, neither in Russian nor in English.

The White House condemned the overflights of Russian Su-24s over the US Navy destroyer. Video of the incident and details below...

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the US administration is aware of the overflights of Russian fighters dangerously close to the US destroyer Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea and considers them "not in line with military behavior."

And the Pentagon has released photographs and videos that US military officials say show Russian Su-24s "aggressively" flying at low altitude near the USS Donald Cook.

"The White House is aware of the incident. […] This incident does not in any way correspond to the professional standards of conduct for military forces operating in close proximity to each other in international water and airspace," Ernest said at a briefing in Washington.

Following this, the US European Command issued a statement expressing "deep concern" about "unsafe and unprofessional Russian air maneuvers."

"These actions could unnecessarily increase tensions between countries and lead to a miscalculation or incident resulting in serious injury or death," the US military warned.

Earlier, the actions of Russian pilots in an interview with reporters were criticized by Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren. Warren called them "provocative and unprofessional".

An anonymous Reuters military source described the incident in detail, stating that Russian fighters"feigned an attack" on American destroyer.

According to him, we are talking about "one of the most aggressive acts in recent times."

According to the US military, Russian Su-24 bombers have repeatedly flown dangerously close to the US destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea in the past few days.

As noted, they were not armed.

It is also reported that over the destroyer flew Russian helicopter Ka-27, from which, presumably, the ship was photographed.

USS Donald Cook - destroyer The US Navy is the fourth generation, whose main weapon is guided missiles. On board the ship was a Polish helicopter.

The destroyer was reportedly heading for the Polish port of Gdansk.

The US State Department admitted that the crew of the American destroyer "Donald Cook" was demoralized after meeting with the Russian Su-24 bomber, which did not have bombs and missiles on board. We learned why this happened and what else Russia has inspiring.

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On April 10, the American destroyer "Donald Cook" entered the Black Sea. On April 12, a Russian Su-24 bomber overflew the destroyer. April 14, after an ordinary, in general, incident - our planes do not very regularly approach ships potential adversary in neutral waters, - the Pentagon made an extremely emotional statement, accusing Russia of violating its own traditions and international treaties. It was mentioned that the crew of the "Donald Cook" was demoralized after meeting with the bomber, a number of media reported that 27 American sailors had written reports about their dismissal from the fleet. What scared the crew of the destroyer so much?

"Donald Cook" is not a rusty submarine "Zaporozhye" for you, but a fourth-generation destroyer of the US Navy, whose main weapon is guided missiles. This is the most massive post-war ship with a displacement of more than 5000 tons: 62 units have been built since 1988, 13 more are planned. cruise missiles"Tomahawk" with a range of up to 2500 kilometers, capable of carrying nuclear charges. In the normal and strike versions, the destroyer is equipped with 56 or 96 such missiles, respectively.

The 380 people who make up the crew of the ship are well protected. The combat posts of the "Donald Cook" are surrounded by Kevlar - 130 tons of this expensive but durable material goes to each ship. The small superstructure is covered with a material that absorbs radar radiation. Below the waterline, the destroyer is protected by armor made of high-strength magnesium-aluminum alloys. To reduce underwater noise, air is supplied to the edges of the propellers. As a result, a cloud of bubbles is formed, which distorts and smoothes the hydroacoustic "portrait" of the ship.

Finally, the Donald Cook is equipped with the latest Aegis combat information and control system - among other things, it combines the air defense systems of all ships on which it is installed into a common network, allowing you to simultaneously track and fire hundreds of targets. On the edges of the destroyer's superstructure are four huge universal radar antennas, replacing several conventional radars. Together with "Tomahawks" in universal launchers on the bow and on the stern, fifty anti-aircraft guided missiles of various classes are waiting in the wings.

It would seem that the appearance of such a ship in the Black Sea should cause shock and awe. And so it happened, just not from the other side. The Russian Su-24 front-line bomber that flew to Donald Cook did not have bombs or missiles on board. Under the fuselage hung one container with the Khibiny electronic warfare system. Having approached the destroyer, the Khibiny turned off its radar, combat control circuits, data transmission systems - in short, they turned off the entire Aegis, just like we turn off the TV by pressing a button on the remote control. After that, the Su-24 simulated a missile attack on the blinded and deafened ship. Then another and another - a total of 12 times.

When the bomber had left, the "Donald Cook" hurried to the Romanian port to put her nerves in order. He no longer approached Russian waters. The Americans are accustomed from afar, being in complete safety, to grind with missiles poorly armed detachments of some desert partisans. And if that doesn't work, they don't play.

Soldiers of the invisible front

The more complex the electronic system, the easier it is to disrupt its operation by methods and means of electronic warfare. - said the head of the research electronic warfare center and evaluating the effectiveness of reducing the visibility of the air force academy Vladimir Balybin. - To win modern war, it is not enough to achieve air supremacy. It is also necessary to ensure information superiority.

In addition to Khibiny, the domestic military-industrial complex produces a lot different devices, capable of discouraging both regular enemy units and bandits with terrorists. The Airborne Forces began to receive Infauna complexes. Installed on an armored personnel carrier or other military equipment, the complex finds and jams enemy radio communications in the HF and VHF bands, and "lulls" remotely controlled land mines. They will certainly explode - but after the column of Russian military will pass over them and retire to a safe distance.

The "Infauna" has one more function - optical sensors placed on the sides of the vehicle detect flashes of shots and give the command to set up a smoke screen that shelters the column from fire. The Judoist information security complex, among other things, finds and neutralizes electronic devices that have connected to data transmission channels without authorization.

The product "Lesochek" performs the same functions as the "Infauna", but is much more compact - it can be carried in a backpack or suitcase. With such a case, it is convenient to go to important business negotiations - the most advanced security service will not be able to eavesdrop on them. For businessmen, there is a civilian version of "Lesochka" - it can be mounted in the trunk of a Mercedes.

If in the UAZ of General Romanov in 1995 in Grozny the product "Lesochek" worked, the explosion of the car of the commander of the internal troops might not have happened, - Balybin said.

The Borisoglebsk-2 complex forms the basis of the electronic protection of tactical formations of the Russian army. It includes an automated control point and four types of jamming stations - in a single algorithm, they find sources of enemy activity on the air and jam them.

The device "Resident" finds and blocks satellite and Cell Phones, subscriber complexes of GPS-navigation. It proved its effectiveness during the conflict in South Ossetia, disorienting Georgian drones. In Chechnya, the head of the electronic warfare department of the Voronezh Air Force Academy, Vladimir Khrolikov, fought terrorists:

We had tracking stations all over the territory. As soon as there was activity on the air, we made a notch and passed it on to the gunners. Dzhokhar Dudayev, as you know, was destroyed by a missile aimed at the signal of his satellite phone. in Grozny electronic warfare specialists neutralized radio-controlled land mines rolled into asphalt.

Re-equipment of Russia's strategic nuclear forces with the latest electronic warfare equipment is proceeding at an accelerated pace, said Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. If the army and navy as a whole are re-equipped by 70 percent by 2020, then the strategic potential EW will be updated to 100 percent.

Electronic warfare equipment is what allows our smart weapons to operate, and someone else's smart weapons to fall asleep. And that's right, - said the vice-premier.

American sailors filmed their "honorary escort" - Russian Su-24 bombers, which.

As the Wall Street Journal wrote the day before, such incidents were noted this week in the Baltic Sea. The Russian planes were not armed with missiles, but the US military considered their maneuvers "unsafe and potentially provocative."

One of the episodes happened when from the deck American ship a Polish helicopter was supposed to take off. However, due to the Su-24, the takeoff had to be postponed.

In one of the moments filmed on the video, the Su-24s come in from the direction of the sun and pass over the American destroyer at ultra-low altitudes.

The crew of the ship "enjoyed" the air show to the fullest, not forgetting to take photos and videos, posting them on Flikr and Youtube.

Photos taken by the US military are provided on the Navy.mil portal.

Recall that in April 2014, the media reported that the USS Donald Cook had already been subjected to “attacks” by Russian aircraft in the Black Sea. It was reported that the Su-24 bomber made several maneuvers in the vicinity of the American warship. The pilot did not respond to requests, but silently flew in unacceptable proximity to the destroyer at an altitude of 600 meters.

URO destroyer (with guided missile weapons) USS Donald Cook is of the Arleigh Burke class and is assigned to the 22nd Squadron of the US Navy. The place of his permanent deployment is the military base "Rota" in Spain. The ship's main weapons are Tomahawk cruise missiles (from 56 to 96 units) with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers, capable of carrying nuclear charges. The destroyer is also equipped launchers anti-ship missiles "Harpoon", anti-submarine, mine-torpedo weapons, 127-mm artillery mount, anti-aircraft guided missiles and six-barrel guns.

The ship is equipped with a modern Aegis combat information and control system. The system allows you to receive and process information from sensors of other ships and aircraft connections and issue target designations to their launchers.

The Pentagon released footage of the rendezvous of Russian Su-24 bombers with the American destroyer Donald Cook. The incident took place yesterday in international waters. Baltic Sea. The Russian Ministry of Defense has already stated that the aircraft strictly followed the safety rules. However, in NATO, the behavior of Russian pilots was almost called a declaration of war.

For six seconds of video recording, Western channels have been playing non-stop for almost a day. According to some media reports, the plane passed 20 meters from the deck, according to others, it flew right over the deck, and others almost hit people. The atmosphere is whipped up by people in uniform, one by one: Russia almost declared war.

"The incident is contrary to the professional standards of the military, operating in close proximity to each other," - said official representative White House Josh Ernest.

The fact that under the wings the aircraft did not have full ammunition, and as soon as they approached the ship, they immediately began to go to the side, the Western channels did not report.

"The crews of Su-24 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. All flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters. The flight route of the Russian aircraft passed through the area where the US Navy destroyer Donald Cook was located, approximately 70 kilometers from the Russian naval base," explained the head of the press service and information department of the Ministry of Defense Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

We are talking about the largest Russian naval base in the Baltic "Baltiysk". At the time of the approach of Russian aircraft, the American ship was only 70 kilometers from this most important operational-strategic formation. Navy headquartered in Kaliningrad. The rapprochement could be called a typical display of the flag, but at that moment there was a whole arsenal of weapons on board the American ship.

Of the artillery on the American destroyer, there was a Mark 45 installation, the rate of fire of which is 20 rounds per minute, the Mark 15 Phalanx CIWS anti-aircraft artillery system, with subsonic flight speed, and, worst of all, modern system Aegis combat system - long-range missiles - those same tomahawks that fly at a distance of 2.5 thousand kilometers can carry nuclear warhead. Another hour and the ship could have come close to the Russian port.

Before that, he had already approached the Russian shores twice. Americans like to say that the ship is invulnerable. But in 2014, in the Black Sea, it was recorded by the Russian anti-ship system Bastion. At the same time, Russian fighters approached him.

“Not far from the Crimean coast, our Su-24 bomber turned on the electronic warfare equipment at a distance of a kilometer from this destroyer. The entire control system, radio electronics went out on the destroyer - it turned out to be completely de-energized, the anti-missile defense system, missile weapon control did not work. Even 20 sailors, like They say they wrote a letter of resignation from the destroyer because the American government is not able to protect their lives. We showed them their place and behave properly. They are non-exclusive, not kings at this wedding. They act like they can do anything. , but we can’t do anything,” said retired colonel, military observer Viktor Litovkin.

"The appearance of foreign warships in the immediate vicinity of the sea borders of Russia, of course, should remain in the field of attention of our Aerospace Forces. In the event of a potential violation of the sea border of Russia, everything must be done to prevent this from happening, and the target hostile to us was forced out into neutral waters," said the military expert, Chief Editor magazine "National Defense" Igor Korotchenko.

The practice of overflight of warships by fighters and bombers, in fact, was introduced by the Americans themselves. Russian sailors tickled the nerves, dating back to the Cold War.

"From personal experience, I recall the year 1970, when we were sailing on a floating base of submarines, aircraft flew over us several times a day different countries. I have a lot of photos at home. We were completely calm about it. If there is some kind of fear, this already refers to psychological stability. For a normal military, this is a common thing," said the Russian admiral, commander Northern Fleet in 1999-2001 Vyacheslav Popov.

"I lived for 20 years in Japan, where the capital was next to two American air bases. We saw great amount cases when American planes loitered over civilian targets. Not to mention the extent to which they disrespected other people's military installations," said media consultant, human rights activist and journalist in Tokyo, John Bosnich.

What will be the reaction of American sailors to the approach to their ship, it will become known as soon as the destroyer returns to port. So far, only "not from fright, but from surprise" is reported.