Day: December 28, 2024
Buyers (the Saudi, among the others) Beware: a Pantsir-S1 air defense system radars are not reliable in distinguishing between drones (especially disguised as the attacking birds) and the civilian aircraft.
“False positives:
Due to the difficulty in distinguishing between small drones and civilian aircraft, the system may misidentify civilian aircraft as threats, leading to potential civilian casualties.” – GS
As if it were written about the Grozny incident.
In addition to being deficient by design, these systems, like any other, might be the target of the electronic warfare attacks aiming to change and confuse the images and distances on the radars as desired by the attackers.
This should be taken into consideration while addressing the Grozny attempted landing prior to Aktau Crash.
Michael Novakhov | 10:27 AM 12/28/2024 – Post Link
Links
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) suggested that President-elect Trump’s opposition a TikTok ban comes from his popularity on the app and the video-sharing platform lobby’s influence on his inn…
Severe thunderstorms and an outbreak of tornadoes could disrupt holiday travel Saturday. More than 2,700 flights were delayed.
His statement stopped short of saying the plane was shot down by Russian air defenses
Potentially destructive and deadly severe thunderstorms are expected to tear through parts of the South and East in this final weekend of 2024. Here’s when you can expect them. – Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Kremlin says Russian president has spoken to Azerbaijan counterpart after crash in which 38 people died
Embraer crash in Kazakhstan – Cause and Russian missile speculation | RBC-Ukraine https://t.co/acyVLNLOig.
Ukrainian defense portal Defence Express notes that before the crash, drones were being shot down, likely with the help of the Pantsir air defense system. It is possible…— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) December 28, 2024