A massive attack on Ukraine – what is the problem of intercepting missiles with cluster-type warheads — Ukraine

Against cluster warheads, the effectiveness of Soviet air defense systems decreases.

On the night of November 28, 85 subsonic cruise missiles were deployed on the territory of Ukraine, of which 57 were air-based, type X-101, and 28 were type 3M14 “Caliber”, sea-based. But there is a nuance that in the X-101, as in the 3M14 of recent times – they have a warhead of the cassette type. Which, by the way, is also mentioned in the last message of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

Military and political commentator Oleksandr Kovalenko wrote about it.

What is the problem?

According to the expert, if we were able to shoot down standard subsonic cruise missiles of air and sea bases of the occupiers with minimal consequences, with almost all types of air defense systems, including the Soviet type, then the situation is complicated with cluster warheads.

“The point is that even the Russian S-400 systems have serious problems…