Krasukha-4

A Russian mobile broadband radar-jamming system designed to blind airborne surveillance radars and protect high-value ground assets from reconnaissance and radar-guided munitions.

Overview

Krasukha-4 (1RL257) is a road-mobile, broadband multifunctional electronic-warfare (EW) system fielded by the Russian Armed Forces. According to Army Recognition, its core mission is to jam and suppress airborne early-warning and surveillance radars — notably the E-3 AWACS and E-8 JSTARS — as well as ground-based radars and low-Earth-orbit reconnaissance satellites. A single Krasukha-4 complex is a two-vehicle set: a jammer vehicle with a retractable antenna turret and a separate command-post vehicle, both mounted on KamAZ-6350 8×8 trucks. Because it denies detection and targeting, the system is a key asset in Russia’s layered integrated air-defense and EW shield.

Development

Krasukha-4 was developed by the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant (BEMZ) under the KRET/ Rostec holding and is the larger sister to the earlier 1L269 Krasukha-2. The Russian Ministry of Defence accepted the first systems in November 2013, though some reporting points to initial deliveries as early as 2012, according to Wikipedia’s Krasukha profile. BEMZ presented an export version (1RL257E) at subsequent arms fairs. Production numbers remain classified, but the system has been spotted in the inventories of several EW brigades.

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