National Guard destroyed Buk-M1 by drone strike
16 November, 2024 Self-propelled launcher 9A310M1-2 of the Buk-M1-2 complex. Photo: twitter @RecoMonkey Pilots of the 27th Separate Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Buk-M1 air defense system by dropping a munition.
A video of the destruction was published by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko. The destruction of the Russian anti-aircraft missile system took place when the Russians tried to disguise it in a forest belt in one of the combat areas. The Russian air defense system was detected by a drone, and as the video shows, the system was loaded with three anti-aircraft guided missiles.
After the munition was dropped and exploded, the anti-aircraft missiles, including their warheads, and rocket solid fuel detonated due to high temperatures. The anti-aircraft missile system was completely destroyed and is beyond repair or restoration.
It is worth noting that the strike destroyed the 9A310 self-propelled launch vehicle, which is used as a self-propelled launcher. In addition, it is capable of detecting targets and guiding missiles independently. In general, the launch vehicle enables the following tasks:
- Receiving targeting and control signals from the 9S470.
- Detection, recognition of state affiliation, target acquisition and tracking; recognition of the class of air, surface or ground targets; target and missile illumination.
- Determining the coordinates of the tracked targets, forming a flight mission for the missile and performing other pre-launch tasks.
- Aiming the launcher in the direction of the point of contact between the missile and the target.
- Launching the missiles.
- Transmission of the information about the accompanied target and the process of combat operations to the command post.
- Conducting the training of the combat crew.
9A317 launcher of the Russian Buk-M2 system, summer 2024. Photo credits: Russian Ministry of Defense
Recently, the number of lost systems from the Buk system has increased significantly. The Defense Forces have been able to successfully destroy both traditional systems in the M1 and M2 modifications and the latest M3 version, which is capable of carrying 6 to 12 9M317ME missiles.
Earlier, Militarnyi reported that operators of the Unmanned Systems Forces had destroyed the launcher of the latest Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system.
On the night of October 21, the units of the Unmanned Systems Forces, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, discovered a 9A317M launcher of the enemy's Buk-M3 air defense system 60 kilometers from the combat line.
The system was destroyed by a multirotor bomber drone using a free-fall munition that hit one of the missiles on the system and caused the detonation of the munition.