The picture shows the HAMM anti-radiation missile
Recently, the Ukrainian army in the operation showed the Hamm anti-radiation missile, this weapon is specially designed to attack the enemy's radar, you know, the Hamm missile is a US Navy and Air Force equipped with an air-to-ground anti-radiation missile, codenamed AGM88, this missile appeared on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, has the United States already intervened? Moreover, on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, there have been Russian Doyle M anti-aircraft vehicles hit by Hamm anti-radiation missiles, so what should the Russian army do in the face of this NATO weapon?
The picture shows anti-radiation missiles
First of all, it is necessary to understand what an anti-radiation missile is and what it is different from a normal air-to-surface missile. In modern warfare, missiles are a very conventional combat weapon, and the missile guidance methods are also very diverse, such as infrared guidance, laser guidance, radar guidance, etc., anti-radiation missiles use electromagnetic wave guidance, the difference is that it mainly relies on capturing the enemy's electromagnetic waves, and rushing to the signal source of electromagnetic waves, on the battlefield, the main launch of electromagnetic waves are radar and radio, and they are often high-value targets, therefore, anti-radiation missiles can often achieve unexpected results.
The picture shows anti-radiation missiles
The Hamm missile began to be developed in the 1970s, entered service in the 1980s, and has been the main anti-radiation missile of the US military until now, of course, in the process, the performance of the Hamm missile has also been greatly improved. Early anti-radiation missiles are more mechanical, can only find the source of electromagnetic waves, if in this process, the radar or radio is turned off, then the anti-radiation missile may not be able to find the target, thus losing the direction of attack, therefore, the subsequent improvement of the anti-radiation missile, often have a memory function, even if the radar and radio are closed, they can also find a predetermined route to fly over.
Since the Hamm anti-radiation missile was put into service, it is also widely equipped to the US military and allied countries, nato has more than a dozen countries are users of Hamm missiles, but also many times through actual combat, from Libya, Iraq, to later Kosovo, Hamm missiles have appeared, it can be said that the actual combat experience. Therefore, it is completely reasonable for the US military to provide this missile to Ukraine, and this has bitterly affected the Russian air defense forces, it can be said that as long as their radar is turned on, it may be locked by this missile, so does Russia have any countermeasures?
The picture shows the radar
One way is to destroy Ukraine's airfields, since it is an airborne missile, it must be carried and launched by warplanes, and the airfields are destroyed. Another way is to arrange a large number of fake targets, through the electromagnetic wave signals emitted by these fake targets, to trick the Ukrainian warplanes into firing, and finally can only waste missiles, after all, it is the US military aid, there will always be a day of consumption, the United States can not be regardless of the cost of aid.
In fact, Russia's own anti-radiation missile technology is not bad, in the process of killing the Chechen bandit Dudayev, the Russian fighter carried the KH25 anti-radiation missile has made a great contribution, only because Dudayev played a two-minute satellite phone, it was captured by the Russian fighter, and finally successfully launched the missile, resulting in this figure in Chechnya. Since Ukraine uses Hamm anti-radiation missiles against Russia, Russia can also use its own anti-radiation missiles to destroy important Ukrainian targets, thus playing a counter-purpose.