Repellent-1 (russian: Репеллент-1) is a Russian

electronic warfare Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponen ...

system designed to suppress the operation of

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s at a distance of up to . It weighs more than 20 tons. "Repellent" is able to detect miniature air targets from their control signals at a distance of more than , but is able to suppress drones only at a distance of not more than .

History

"Repellent" was developed by the Russian Scientific and Technical Center for Electronic Combat (Russian: Научно-техническом центре радиоэлектронной борьбы). It is installed on the chassis of MAZ () or KAMAZ depending on the wishes of the customer. The development of "Repellent-1" was completed in 2016 and the system shown at an exhibition.

Operators

* Russia * Armenia * Kazakhstan - a supply contract was signed in 2016.

Application

Russian-Ukrainian war

On August 11, 2018, the OSCE SMM noted in a report that on July 28, near the village of

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, the UAV mission recorded four EW systems at once, including Repellent-1.

Armenian-Azerbaijani border conflict

Armenia has lost two operating stations of the Repellent-1 complex.

Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

On May 1, 2022, it was reported that a Russian "Repellent-1" had been destroyed.

References

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