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Aistyonok (Аистёнок, Little Stork; GRAU designation 1L271) is a portable counter-battery radar system developed and produced by the state-owned Almaz-Antey corporation for the Russian Armed Forces.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Almaz-Antey Corporation, AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar, AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar, Anti-aircraft warfare, ARTHUR, Counter-battery radar, Field artillery, Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, Mortar (weapon), North Caucasus, Penicillin (counter-artillery system), Radar, Red Color, Russian Armed Forces, Russo-Ukrainian War, Shell (projectile), Stork, Swathi Weapon Locating Radar, Trajectory, Unmanned aerial vehicle.

  2. Almaz-Antey products
  3. Russian military radars
  4. Weapon locating radar

Almaz-Antey Corporation

JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" (ОАО "Концерн ВКО "Алмаз-Антей"») is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular, the developers of anti-aircraft defence and cruise missile systems.

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AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar

Hughes AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder weapon locating system is a mobile radar system developed in the mid-late 1970s by Hughes Aircraft Company and manufactured by Northrop Grumman and ThalesRaytheonSystems, achieving initial operational capability in May 1982. Aistyonok and AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar are ground radars and weapon locating radar.

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AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar

Hughes AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder Weapon Locating System is a mobile radar system developed in the late 1970s by Hughes Aircraft Company, achieving Initial Operational Capability in 1980 and full deployment in 1984. Aistyonok and AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar are ground radars and weapon locating radar.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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ARTHUR

ARTHUR (an acronym for "artillery hunting radar") is a counter-battery radar system originally developed jointly for and in close co-operation with the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces by Ericsson Microwave Systems in both Sweden and Norway. Aistyonok and ARTHUR are ground radars, Warning systems and weapon locating radar.

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Counter-battery radar

A counter-battery radar or weapon tracking radar is a radar system that detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers, mortars or rocket launchers and, from their trajectories, locates the position on the ground of the weapon that fired it. Aistyonok and counter-battery radar are ground radars, Warning systems and weapon locating radar.

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Field artillery

Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field.

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Main Missile and Artillery Directorate

The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU, is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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Mortar (weapon)

A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.

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North Caucasus

The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a region in Europe governed by Russia.

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Penicillin (counter-artillery system)

Penicillin or 1B75 Penicillin is an acoustic-thermal artillery-reconnaissance system developed by Ruselectronics for the Russian Armed Forces.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Red Color

The Red Color (צבע אדום, transl.: Tzeva Adom, i.e. code red) is an early-warning radar system originally installed by the Israel Defense Forces in several towns surrounding the Gaza Strip to warn civilians of imminent attack by rockets (usually Qassam rockets). Aistyonok and red Color are ground radars, military equipment introduced in the 2000s and Warning systems.

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Russian Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia.

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Russo-Ukrainian War

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.

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Stork

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.

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Swathi Weapon Locating Radar

The Swathi (Very Beneficent) weapon locating radar is a mobile artillery-locating, phased array radar developed by India. Aistyonok and Swathi Weapon Locating Radar are weapon locating radar.

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Trajectory

A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

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See also

Almaz-Antey products

Russian military radars

Weapon locating radar

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aistyonok