Russian state arms export company Rosoboronexport unveiled the 98R6E Abakan Air Defence Missile System (ADMS). Abakan mobile air defence missile system of non-strategic anti-missile defence is designed to destroy modern and advanced tactical, operational-tactical non-strategic ballistic missiles at ranges of from twelve to forty-five km. The 98R6E Abakan is a highly manoeuvrable multichannel system designed to protect critically sensitive military-industrial and government facilities against tactical ballistic missiles.
The Abakan includes a 98L6E mobile multifunctional ballistic target detection and tracking radar based on a 4×4 platform, and several 51P6E2 mobile launchers. The exact number of launchers depends on a combat task. The 51P6E2 launcher is furnished with two vertically launched cylindrical containers, each containing a 9M82MDE interceptor, and a deployable radar that can be folded down between the containers in transportation mode. A ready-to-use launcher weighs 53.5 tons and is controlled by a crew of two.
The Air Defence Missile System includes a 98L6E mobile multifunctional ballistic target detection and tracking radar based on a 4×4 platform, and several 51P6E2 mobile launchers. The exact number of launchers depends on a combat task. The 51P6E2 launcher is furnished with two vertically launched cylindrical containers, each containing a 9M82MDE interceptor, and a deployable radar that can be folded down between the containers in transportation mode. A ready-to-use launcher weighs 53.5 tons and is controlled by a crew of two.
The Abakan was produced by Russia’s Almaz-Antey. JSC Concern VKO “Almaz-Antey” 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 systems. The Almaz-Antey group produce air defense systems, firearms for aircraft and armored vehicles, artillery shells and surface-to-surface missiles, airspace surveillance and coordination and artillery radars.
