Events

According to Chief of the Radio Warfare Office of the General Staff of the Belarusian army Igor Danilchik, the first three R-934UM2 radio warfare stations were handed over to the army on 15 December. The new stations boast better capabilities in comparison with the old jamming stations.

The new stations are made using only Belarusian hardware and software. It took five years to start producing them in lots. According to the General Staff representative, it is a small period for developing a new product. “Not every country can afford creating such equipment. The new Belarusian radio warfare stations are on par with world standards and above them in many parameters,” noted Igor Danilchik.

The prototype radio warfare station was tested by the 16^th independent radio warfare regiment of the Belarusian army. The batch-produced equipment takes into account the remarks and proposals made in the course of the testing process. Igor Danilchik noted that more stations will be made in order to replace outdated equipment. “Three more stations are supposed to be made by summer 2018. Another two will be made in early 2019. Later on we intend to gradually replace all the radio warfare stations with the new product,” he said.

Valery Gordei, Deputy Director of the Belarusian microelectronics company KB Radar, reminded that the company has been making radio warfare solutions since 2001. Since then the Belarusian army has commissioned 12 kinds of radio warfare and radio control products. R&D work was followed by government tests and prototype tests in regular army units. Remarks were taken into account to iron out all the quirks in the batch-produced equipment.

On 15 December the 10^th independent radio warfare battalion also accepted an R-378AM station, which had been modernized in Russia. In essence the Belarusian army received a brand new piece of equipment, which exceeds its own pre-upgrade parameters by several times.

Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian army Oleg Belokonev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus Igor Demidenko and other officials took part in the ceremony. The ceremony was timed to Radio Warfare Specialists Day, which will be celebrated by the Belarusian army on 16 December.