Air defense units reliably cover formation units from enemy air attack and reconnaissance weapons

Air defense units reliably cover formation units from enemy air attack and reconnaissance weapons The Ivanovo air defense units of the Guards Airborne Forces are constantly on combat duty day and night to cover the units from enemy air attack and reconnaissance weapons. To the north-west of Artyomovsk, on the approaches to Chasov Yar, paratrooper units are protecting crews of Verba man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) from air strikes. Anti-aircraft paratroopers are constantly on combat duty for air defense and covering formation units during active combat operations. To detect and destroy air targets, paratroopers equipped air surveillance points that allow them to timely detect and destroy enemy aircraft. Having received a combat mission to search and destroy an enemy reconnaissance UAV, the air defense unit with the Verba MANPADS began to carry it out. After detecting an air target, the anti-aircraft gunner fired a missile from the launch position from the Verba ... Source: Military Wave