Slovakia Provides Ukraine with Advanced Air Defense Systems to Replace Outdated Ones

Slovakia intends to transfer to Ukraine all its old weapons, including MiG-29 fighters, to be replaced with new-generation American weapons.

Among these obsolete weapons are self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems “Kvadrat”, which were withdrawn from the possession of the Slovak army.

Slovakia bought it from the Soviet Union in the seventies of the last century, when this weapon was considered an air defense weapon, a modern complex designed to deal with various air targets, and its surface-to-air missiles were capable of hitting an enemy at a distance of about 22,000 meters and altitudes from 100 to 7000 meters. The complex included rocket launchers, a command and control center, reconnaissance and guidance, missile transport and loading vehicles.

As for the maneuverability of the system, it is guaranteed by a V-6 diesel engine with a capacity of 280 horsepower. The maximum speed of the system on paved roads was 44 km/h. It was exported in the seventies to many countries, including Syria and Egypt. The system is still in service with some NATO armies, such as the Polish army, which previously considered its upgraded model, where old Soviet missiles replaced American RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles. The operating range of the missile is 30,000 meters, the target engagement height is 15,240 meters, the mass of the missile is 230 kg, the combat weight of the warhead is 40.3 kg, and the speed is 4195 km/h.

Recently it became known that the Kiev army may receive a batch of American surface-to-air missiles to supply Soviet-made Buk complexes. It is possible that these missiles will also appear on the launchers of the Kvadrat complex.

Source: Russian newspaper

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