ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT OF THE FORMER USSR The following is a listing of just about every USSR EW system there is. Source is The Association of Old Crows and various other mags (such as Armor, Proceedings, etc). APP-5OMA/-50MR: Airborne chaff/ flare/laser decoy dispenser systems suitable for use on aircraft such as the An-22 Cock, the Su-24 Fencer, the Su27 Flanker, the Tu-142 Bear and the Tu-160 Blackjack. ASO-2/-2bis: Airborne expendables dispensers fitted to platforms such as the Mi-24 Hind helicopter. ASO-3: Airborne expendables dispenser fitted to the Mi-8MT Hip helicopter. ASO-21: Airborne 26-mm chftf/flare dispenser fitted to the Yak-28PP Brewer-E EW aircraft and possibly, the MiG-21 Fishbed series. As applied to the Yak-28PP the system may also be known as the KKDS- 19. BVP-30-26M: Airborne flare dispenser fitted to the MiG-29 Fulcrum A. ELINT System (Designation unknown): A ground-based, vehicle mounted, 0.85 - to 11 GHz/ 15 to 18 GHz "passive automatic station for radio-electronic environmental control." It is designed to detect the emitters associated with the Patriot and Nike-Hercules SAM systems as well as the radars used in the low-angle bombing system (LABS) and airborne early warning aircraft such as the E-2C and the E-3. The system is networked and uses three stations to triangulate target emitters at ranges of between 100/150 and 600 km. Each station is operated by one man, is PC based and incorporates a 300-emitter threat library. Azimithal coverage is 360 degrees. Manufacture is centered in the Ukraine. Gardeniya: Family of internallymounted and podded airborne radar/communications-band jammers which includes an internally mounted "3-cm" 73-kg unit (suitable for hlstallation in MiG-29 type aircraft) and the Gardeniya-IFUE communications jammer for a specialist battlefield EW variant of the Mi-17 Hip helicopter. Kh-58: Antiradiation missile carried by the MiG-25BM Foxbat-F. Khrom-Nikyel: Airborne IFF interrogator fitted to the MiG-21PFM/PFS Fishbed-F. Krug: Strategic, ground-based HF direction-finding system. L-028K: Airborne chaff dispenser suitable for installation on aircraft such as the 11-76 Candid. Su-24 Fencer, Su27 Flanker and Tu-22 Blinder. L166BIA: Airbome fixed-source infrared jammer designed for installation on helicopters such as the AH-I, UH60, CH-46, Mi-8MT/Mi-17 Hip, Mi-24 Hind and Mi-25 Havoc. The L166BlA comprises a 365 x 463-mm transmitter- radiator unit which weighs "no more than 20 kg" (weight and size of the "lantern" varies according to the needs of the particular platform the figures quoted relate to the Mi-8 application) and a 95 x 70 x 45-mm, 0.125kg cockpit control box. The L166BIA is quoted as offering protection against a range of threat missiles such as the Sidewinder, IR Falcon, Mica, Strela 2M, Redeye and Chaparral. Specified system life is 1,200hr with a "time between failure" value of 250 hr. Infrared source iite is noted as 50 hr. Landish: Airborne EW suite (including the Los, Mimoza and Fasol radar jammers) fitted to the Su-24MP Fencer-F EW aircraft. LIP: Airborne active missile approach warner fitted to platforms such as the Mi-24 Hind, Ka-29 Helix and Su-25 Frogfoot. Miass: Airborne EW suite fitted to the Tu-22MP Backfire-C EW aircraft. Optronic Jammer (designation Unknown): An optronic jamming system for armored fighting vehicles offering protection against laser threats in the 0.7- to 2.5 micron range. Comprises two "emitter/modulators" mounted on the front of the vehicle's turret, each of which (?) provides +/-20 degree coverage in azimuth and 4° in elevation. Response time quoted as being "less than 2 sec." PK-2: 140-mm naval decoy launcher. PK-10: 120-mm naval decoy launcher. PK-16: 82-mm naval decoy launcher. S-5P: Air-launched chaff rocket carried by the Yak-2PP Brewer-E EW aircraft . SG-I: Airborne radar warning receiver fitted to the MiG-27 Flogger series. SHTORA-l: Automatic "optical" jamming sensor and grenade launcher system for armored fighting vehicles and tanks. The SHTORA-l has a capacity of 12 grenades per vehicle (launch tubes set at an elevation of 12 deg), detects laser threats in the 0.6- to l.l micron range, has a 360° field of view, covers -5/+25 degrees the elevation and can generate an aerosol smoke cloud in "less than" 3 sec. The new T-90 command tank has been seen with this device. Sirena-3M: Airborne radar warning receiver fitted to the MiG21PFM/PFS/MF Fishbed-F/-J. A 360°cover Sirena-3 variant is fitted to the MiG-25P/PD Foxbat-A/-E, while an unidentified Sirena variant is carried by the Yak-28PP Brewer-E EW aircraft. SK-50: 120-mm, possibly combined payload naval decoy rocket. M-21-V: Ground-based 50-MHz to 10-GHz radar intercept/direction-finding system. SOM-50: 12()-mm laser/infrared naval decoy rocket. Sorbtsiya-S: ''Wide-spectrum'' airborne jamming pod installed on the wingtips of the naval variant of the Su27 Flanker, the Su-34 and the Su-35. May belong to the same family of equipment as the Gardeniya and Schmalta (pod) systems and may be intended to provide cooperative countermeasures cover among groups of aircraft. Spektr-F: Surface-ship laser warning receiver. SPO-10H- through J-band airborne analog radar warning receiver fitted to the MiG-21SM Fishbed-J and the MiG-29 Fulcrum. SPN-2/-3/-4: Family of groundbased, vehicle-mounted, "threat adaptive" airborne SLAR/fire-control radar ("2-4 cm" emitters) noise jammers. Operated by a five man crew, SPN jammers feature digital processing, phased array antennas, IFF interrogators and stand alone manual or automatic operating modes. In automatic configuration, between two and nine SPN jammers are networked via Mauser, IL-215M or IL23X vehicle mounted control complexes. Such complexes can be up to 20 km from the jammers they are controlling SPN jammers have an integral target tracking capability and a range of 50 to 130 km. They are capable of handling up to six target emitters on two different bearings simultaneously. Sprint: Combined "3-cm" naval EW suite (radar and communications ESM, active jamming and decoy launcher control) suitable for surface-ships of between 2,000 and 10,000 tons. SPS-5-2X: Fasol airborne search radar jammer carried by the Yak-28PP BrewerE. Other Fasol applications include the Su-24MP Fencer-F and Tu22P Blinder-E EW aircraft. ? SPS-22-2X: Airborne radar jammer which is pat of the Buket semi-automatic jamming suite fitted to the Yak28PP Brewer-E. SPS-44-2X: Airborne radar noise jammer which is part of the Buket semiautomatic jamming suite fitted to the Yak-28PP Brewer-E. An SPS-44 application also farms part of the A through J-band Buket variant fitted to the Tu-16PP Badger-J EW platform. SPS63/-66/-68: Active airborne jamming systems installed in the Mi-8PPA Hip-K battlefield jamming helicopter. SPS-130/10) Gvz7dika: Family of first-generation airborne self protection jammers (intemally mounted or in pods) fitted to MiG-27 Flogger and MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft. ? SPS-141: Airborne "thermal" jammer in the Gvozdika series. Fitted to the MiG-27 Flogger. SPS-150 Lyutik: Airborne self protection jammer fitted to the MiG25RB Foxbat-B. PS-160 Geran: Family of airborne self protection jammers fitted to the Su-24 Fencer and the Su-27 Flanker. SPS-170: Family of airborne sel fprotection jammers scheduled for installation on Su-34/-35 ailcraft. May include the Sorbtisya-S system SR-19-V: Ground-based VHF direction finder. SR-0-V: Ground-based 3- to 25MHz direction finder. SR25-V: Ground-based 30- to 300MHz direction-finder. SR-50: 120-mm naval chaff rocket. SR-51-V/52-V: Ground-based VHF/ UHF intercept equipment. SR-3-V: Ground-based 3- to 30MHz intercept equipment. SR-54-V: Ground-based 30MHz intercept equipment. SO-1P/SRZO- 1: Airborne IFF transponder/lnterrogator system fitted to the MiG-27 Flogger series. SRO-2/SRZO-2: Airborne IFF transponder/interrogator system fitted to the MiG-21MF Fishbed-J. An SRO2M/ SRZO-2 combination is fitted to the MiG25P/PD: Foxbat-A/-E. SRS-4A/-4B Airborne "electronic intelligence equipment" fitted to the MiG-25R Foxbat-B (-4A) and MiG25RB Foxhat-B (-4B). SRS-9: Airborne "electronic intelligence equipment" fitted to the MiG25RBV Foxbat-B. P-23/-23M: Airborne infrared tracker fitted to the MiG-23S/M FloggerA/-B and -23ML Flogger-G (-23M). TShU 1-7: Infrared jamming system to provide armored fighting vehicles/ ground installations with protection from anti-tank missiles such as TOW, HOT, Milan, Dragon, Cobra and AT-3. The TShU 1-7 comprises two 280 x 350 x 350-mm, 30/35-kg infrared "radiator" units (mounted on a tank's turret); a 280 x 350 x 120-mm, 10/15-kg combined power supply and control unit; and a 100 x 70 x 50-mm, 0.3/0.6kg control panel. As well as acting as a jammer the system can be used as an illuminator for nightvision devices. In the countermeasures mode, it is quoted as offering variable jamming modulations and the ability to counter "several types" of threat missiles simultaneousIy. Specified life is 1,000 hr with a "time between failure" value of 250 hr. Radiation source life is 50 hr and the system can be fitted to T-72 and T-80 main battle tanks. TSP-47: 140-mm naval chaff rocket. TSO-47: 10)-mm combined payload naval decoy rocket. TST-47: 140-mm naval infrared decoy rocket. TSP-60P: 82-mm naval infrared decoy rocket. TSP-60U: 82-mlll naval chaff rocket. UP-P1/UV-P2: Airborne chaff dispensers suitable for installation in aircraft such as the 11-76 Candid, Su-24 Fencer, Su-27 Flanker and Tu-22 Blinder. Vympel-R2: Combined "3-cm" naval EW suite (ESM, active jamming and decoy launcher control for surface ships of "less than 2,000 tons".