American military experts have found the Russian army's major problems. On such a conclusion they were prompted by the desire of domestic engineers to study the technology of Tomahawk cruise missiles shot down in the sky over Syria. In an article for The National Interest, military expert Michael Peck noted that the Tomahawk Block IV, which were released on targets in Syria during the April attack, are essentially flying drones. They are difficult to call rockets in the classical sense - too much they differ from the developments of the 1980-1990s. Nevertheless, "it is still a subsonic cruise missile of the Cold War, which looks like a dinosaur in comparison with the supersonic and hypersonic weapons being developed today". And if for Russian engineers in such a backward form of armament there are some secrets, it means that they are not so aware of modern technologies. "If Russia, which supplies an impressive array of tactical missiles, must learn from Tomahawk, then Moscow has problems," concluded Peck. According to him, the development of new weapons should involve the use of the most advanced electronic warfare technologies. And Tomahawk does not have anything of the kind. At the end of May, Vladimir Mikheev, the adviser to the first deputy director general of the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern, told journalists that, taking into account the information obtained in the study of American cruise missiles, new Russian electronic warfare complexes. "The new technology should cover all the frequency bands - both optical and radio, which we saw in the products of our counterparts," Mikheev said, adding that it will take two to three years to create new complexes. "We, first and foremost as specialists, are very interested in seeing the real use of various military equipment in Syria, including the" tomahawks ". Having this missile in hand, we clearly understand what it has communication channels, information transfer and control, navigation and location. Knowing all these parameters, we will be able to more effectively block these cruise missiles at all stages of their combat use, "the representative of the concern. The bet on the technology of electronic warfare should justify itself. Only thanks to it our country can effectively resist the military power of the West. "REB is part of the air defense.

Effective anti-aircraft complexes, powerful radar stations and electronic warfare means allow Russia to cool the aggressive zeal of the West, which surpasses us in offensive weapons, "noted military expert Yuri Knutov. USA, UK and France on the night of April 14, 2018. struck missiles at Syrian government facilities that were allegedly used for the production of chemical weapons. The United States stated that most missiles had achieved their targets; in Russia argue that most of the released "tomahawks" were shot down by Syrian air defense means. Later, the Syrian side gave the Russian two unexploded cruise missiles for study and analysis.