Borisoglebsk-2

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The Borisoglebsk 2 [nb 1] is a Russian, MT-LBu ground vehicle mounted, multi-functional electronic warfare (EW) weapon system. [1] It was developed by Sozvezdie over a six-year period, from 2004 to 2010. [2] The system was however not ordered, or for other reasons not manufactured or delivered, at once to the Russian military. Starting in February 2015, it has been manufactured and delivered by UIMC to the Russian Armed Forces. [3] [4] [5] It is designed to disrupt communications and GPS systems. Borisoglebsk 2 achieved initial operating capability in 2010, but was not ordered and delivered to Russian military until February 2015. [1] Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that Borisoglebsk 2 was the core system for electronic warfare in the Russian Army, controlling four types of jamming units from a single point. [6]

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Experimentation and testing were conducted after the first deliveries to the Russian armed forces. The system was in active use by the summer of 2015, in eastern Ukraine. [7] [8] US advisers sent to Ukraine have learned about Russian electronic warfare from the Ukrainian Army, though Ukraine never has had access to this new EW-technology. [9] The American advisers are nevertheless impressed even with earlier Russian EW-technology in the hands of the Ukrainian Army. [10]

Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet claimed that the United States and NATO are worried that the F-35 fighter aircraft may not stand up against new Russian EW systems. Borisoglebsk 2 was given as an example of a new Russian system, but not directly compared to the F-35. [11]

As of August 2015, ten sets of this system have been delivered to the Russian armed forces with another 14 sets to follow. According to Rostec, Russia plans to deploy them along the Russian borders "from Kaliningrad to Blagoveshchensk". [3]

As of October 2015, these systems are also rumored to be active in Syria. [12]

On 21 September 2016, more than 10 Borisoglebsk 2 and Rtut-BM EW systems were delivered to the Russian army. [13] New deliveries took place in the first half of 2017. [14] [15]

On 26 January 2022 as a part of their 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army confirmed the deployment of Borisoglebsk-2 units to the Vistula Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District in the Belgorod Region (close to the border with Ukraine) in order to “reduce the time needed to obtain necessary information [about military movements].” [16]

On 28 February 2022, Ukrainian civilians attacked a Borisoglebsk 2 with a molotov cocktail while it was being towed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [17] Ukraine has claimed to have captured at least one Borisoglebsk 2, [18] destroyed one in October 2023, [19] and destroyed two more in November 2023. [20]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Or Borisoglebsk-2.

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  3. 1 2 "Rostec :: News :: UIMC has delivered the first set of Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare systems". rostec.ru. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Multi-functional EW complex has been created in "Concern "Sozvezdie" - JSC "Concern "Sozvezdie"". sozvezdie.su. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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  8. ↑ "The Newest Electronic Warfare Systems 'Borisoglebsk-2' are Noticed at the Border and in the ATO Zone". Informnapalm.org (English). 29 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Russian army got all this equipment only in the last several years and it was never in service in the Ukrainian army." Just before the last real photo at
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  11. ↑ Swedish newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet", http://www.svd.se/putins-nya-supervapen-skrammer-nato ("Putin's new super weapon frightens NATO") Translated to English: "They beat out communication and GPS-system and makes the most modern weapon systems inoperable. Perhaps will not even the new fighter aircraft F-35 stand up against the new technology. Russia's new weapon frightens the Americans and NATO". (Original Swedish "De slår ut kommunikation och gps-system och gör moderna vapensystem obrukbara. Kanske klarar sig inte ens det nya stridsflyget F-35 mot den nya tekniken. Rysslands nya vapen skrämmer amerikanerna och Nato.")
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  13. ↑ "ЦАМТО / Новости / Первая танковая армия Западного военного округ получила комплексы РЭБ нового поколения".
  14. ↑ "Комплекс РЭБ "Борисоглебск-2" заступил на службу | Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер"".
  15. ↑ "ЦАМТО / Новости / На вооружение общевойсковой армии ЮВО на Северном Кавказе поступили новейшие образцы техники".
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  19. ↑ "Ukrainian military destroy the Russian R-934BMV Borisoglebsk-2 EW system". mil.in.ua. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Two Russian EW systems smashed by Ukrainian defenders in northern direction" . Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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