Krasukha
Russian electronic countermeasure system
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The Krasukha (Russian: Красуха; English: Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade) is a Russian mobile, ground-based, electronic warfare (EW) system. This system is produced by the KRET corporation on different wheeled platforms.[1] The Krasukha's primary targets are airborne radio-electronics (such as UAVs) and airborne systems guided by radar. The Krasukha has multiple applications in the Russian Armed Forces,[2] has been deployed beyond Russian borders, and supplied to additional armed forces, such as those of Iran.[3]
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| 1L269 Krasukha-2/4 1Л269 Красуха-2/4 | |
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 Krasukha-2 and 4 at Engineering Technologies 2014 | |
| Type | Electronic Counter Measure system |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2014–present |
| Used by | Russian Federation |
| Production history | |
| Designer | KRET corporation |
| Manufacturer | KRET corporation, BAZ (for wheeled platform of Krasukha-4) |
| Produced | 2010–present |
| Variants | 1L269 Krasukha-2 1RL257 Krasukha-4 |
| Specifications | |
Operational range |
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Krasukha-2
The Krasukha-2 is an S-band system designed to jam Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft such as the Boeing E-3 Sentry at ranges of up to 250 kilometres (160 mi).[2][4][5] The Krasukha-2 can also jam other airborne radars, such as those for radar-guided missiles. The missiles, once jammed, then receive a false target away from the original to ensure that the missiles no longer pose a threat. The Krasukha-2 guards mobile high-priority targets such as the 9K720 Iskander SRBM.[2]
Krasukha-4
The Krasukha-4 is a broadband multifunctional jamming station mounted on a BAZ-6910-022 four-axle-chassis. It complements the Krasukha-2 system by operating in the X-band and Ku-band, and counters airborne radar aircraft such as the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTAR) Northrop Grumman E-8.[5] The Krasukha-4 has enough range to effectively disrupt low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and can cause permanent damage to targeted radio-electronic devices.[6] Ground based radars are also a viable target for the Krasukha-4.[1]
Operators
Operational history
Krasukha jammers were reportedly deployed to support Russian forces in Syria.[13] They have reportedly been blocking small U.S. surveillance drones from receiving GPS satellite signals.[14] During the Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war, the complex apparently destroyed a Bayraktar drone by causing it to lose control, subsequently crashing.[15] The Israeli Defense Force had problems in 2021 with the Krasukha S-4 GPS denial system, which led to Israel's successful development of non-GPS weapons targeting and anti-GPS-jamming technology.[16]
In July 2018, an OSCE monitoring mission drone recorded a 1L269 Krasukha-2 among other electronic warfare equipment deployed near Chornukhyne, Ukraine.[17]
In 2018, Russia’s Krasukha-4 microwave cannon reportedly grounded an American AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in Syria by damaging its electrical circuits.[18]
In 2020, Krasukha was claimed (without evidence)[19] to have operated around the Russian military base at Gyumri in Armenia to counter the use by Azerbaijan of Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drones as well as Israel-made Harop loitering munition (suicide drones).[20]
The first export contract was officially signed in August 2021.[21]
Krasukha-4 models are also being employed in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Ukrainian forces captured one of these devices in the field near Kyiv. A photograph posted to social media claims to show part of the system, which has been separated from its truck mount and shows some damage.[22][23] The unit was then sent to the United States for examination.[24]
On 9 August 2023, a source in the Russian defense industry told the state news agency TASS that several Southeast Asian nations and an Eastern European country have ordered the Krasukha and Sapphire EW systems.[25]
In August 2025, it was confirmed that Russia had supplied Iran with Krasukha EW systems,