The practical combat of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown that air defense of surface ships is crucial. The Russian military has now begun to equip its light ships with shipboard "Dorn" - M2KM air defense missile modules. In a recent "July Storm" exercise, the Russian Navy's "Victor Velikiy" patrol ship used the "Dorn-M2KM" air defense missile module to conduct a live-fire shooting to destroy an aerial target, and it performed well. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense news bureau, this live-fire shooting used the shipboard "Dorn-M2KM" air defense missile module, and the target missile was the "Zvezda" anti-ship missile launched by the "Stoiky" frigate. The Russian "Zvezda" missile can cruise at high subsonic speed at a height of 10-15 meters. In the final attack phase, the flight altitude will drop to 3-5 meters, which makes it very difficult to intercept with missiles. However, in the exercise, the "Dorn-M2KM" accurately intercepted the "Zvezda".
The "Dorn-M2KM" air defense missile module was previously mainly installed on land or railway platforms, as well as on mobile vehicle chassis with a load capacity of more than 15 tons. The "Kupol" electromechanical plant in Izhetsk (affiliated with the "Altair" group) successfully integrated the "Dorn-M2KM" air defense missile module onto the deck of Russian naval vessels. The first test of the shipboard "Dorn-M2KM" air defense missile module was conducted in 2016, when it was installed on the "Admiral Grigoryev" frigate, and it successfully hit a high-speed aerial target during the test. Considering the experience of the air defense forces, the "Dorn-M2KM" air defense missile module is now being equipped on the decks of small Russian missile ships and patrol ships.
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