What the Russian Repelent anti-drone system, which has arrived in Serbia and will be installed in Niš, can do

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the Russian Repellent mobile anti-drone electronic jamming system, which Serbia imported from that country, will be unveiled in Niš on 15 February for Serbia’s National Day.

Without specifying when this system arrived in Serbia, Vucic said only that it is “in our hands” and that Serbia had “paid for it long ago”.

On 30 January, while visiting the Topcider barracks in Belgrade, Vucic announced that the Serbian budget had earmarked money for “701 complex weapon systems of domestic industry”, and that more than 850 would be procured in the coming years.

Vucic↕ first announced to the media the purchase of Russian Repelent radio-electronic warfare and electronic jamming systems, in addition to the oft-mentioned Chinese Krasuha systems, during a three-day visit to the Nišava district in December 2021. whose arrival in Serbia was confirmed by Vucic himself on 15 January this year.

What do we know about the Russian Repellent system?

The Repellent anti-drone system is capable of suppressing or destroying swarms of reconnaissance, spy drones and drones of very small size and area.

According to experts, the system is capable of automatically detecting and neutralising hostile drones at ranges of up to 30 km, and of performing strong electronic jamming of their control sensors or satellite navigation links.

The system is capable of detecting drones through their transmitting control signals in all weather conditions and at air temperatures ranging from -45 to +50 degrees Celsius.

The system ensures:

* detection and direction finding of data transmissions from drones and surveillance systems;

* monitoring of drone signals;

* statistical processing of signal parameters, creation of classification attributes, support of a database of detected signals and signal classification;

* electronic channel jamming for data transmission and control of drones and ground control stations;

* jamming of satellite navigation receivers of unmanned aerial vehicles;

* display of reconnaissance and electronic warfare results in tabular and graphical form on automated workstation displays;

* automated diagnostic equipment.

Features:

* working frequency range of electronic detection and interference – 200 – 6000 MHz;

* signal detection distance – minimum 30 km;

* electronic jamming distance – up to 30 km;

* operational azimuth operation – 360 degrees;

* maximum direction finding error – up to 3 degrees;

* transition from marching position to combat position and vice versa – up to 30 minutes;

* average operating time before overhaul – 10 000 operating hours.

The system can be stationary, mounted on the chassis of a MAZ-6317 or on the chassis of a Kamaz 63501 and is highly mobile.

It is possible to mount the equipment on another vehicle with the appropriate characteristics.

The available data show that Repelent works very well in a common system with Krasuha-4, which could be considered as a strategic system./The Geopost/