VITEBSK Makes Russian Helicopters, Jets Immune to MANPADS
To this day, not one helicopter, equipped with the Vitebsk system, has been shot down in Syria with a MANPAD.
The operation of the sytstem is based on a modulated emission of a sapphire lamp. It projects a phantom image of the target that is perceived by the heat seeking rocket as the main one. There is a kind of transcendent virtual reality.The rocket rushes into the empty space, where it is self-destructed at the calculated time.
In addition to Vitebsk, the upgraded with new weaponry and navigation systems
SU-25CM3 has an electronic system to hamper radar guided missiles.