{"id":2049,"date":"2025-10-11T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:54:28","slug":"effectiveness-of-patriot-znyzylasya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/effectiveness-of-patriot-znyzylasya\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot's effectiveness reduced to 6% - General Romanenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"822\">Patriot's effectiveness drops from 42% to 6% as Russia upgrades ballistics, says General Romanenko<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"1118\">Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine <strong data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"984\">General Ihor Romanenko<\/strong> said. <strong data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1051\">effectiveness of Patriot air defence systems<\/strong> in countering Russian ballistic missiles <strong data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1115\">significantly decreased<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1299\">\n<p data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1299\">\u00abPreviously, Patriot intercepted about 42% targets, but now it intercepts only 6%. This is the result of the modernisation of Russian missiles and the use of new guidance schemes,\u00bb Romanenko said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1304\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1362\">Russia improves missile trajectory and manoeuvrability<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1622\">According to Gen, <strong data-start=\"1385\" data-end=\"1432\">Russians have changed the flight profile of their missiles<\/strong>, making them more difficult to intercept even by high-precision air defence systems.<br data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1513\" \/>We are talking about new modifications of missiles \u00ab<strong>Iskander-M<\/strong>\u00bb and \u00ab<strong>Dagger<\/strong>\u00bb, which <strong data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1619\">manoeuvre in the final phase of flight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1808\">\u00ab<em>The upgraded missiles have a complex trajectory and travel at ultra-high speeds. This complicates the work of Patriot, which is focused on classical ballistic trajectories<\/em>\u00bb he explained.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1813\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1849\">The need to adapt air defences<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"2033\">Romanenko stressed that Ukraine urgently needs to <strong data-start=\"1902\" data-end=\"1948\">update the algorithms of Patriot systems<\/strong> \u0456 <strong data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"1994\">integrate them with other air defence systems<\/strong>, to restore the effectiveness of the protection.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2037\" data-end=\"2228\">Coordination with the IRIS-T, SAMP\/T and NASAMS systems is required, as well as constant software updates. This is the only way to achieve a high level of intercepts again.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2230\" data-end=\"2233\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"2235\" data-end=\"2251\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2253\" data-end=\"2494\">The Patriot system is a key element of Ukraine's air defence, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at high altitudes.<br data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2398\" \/>However, Russia is actively modifying its munitions to adapt them to the conditions of confrontation with modern air defences.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0415\u0444\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c Patriot \u0432\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0437 42% \u0434\u043e 6% \u2014 \u0440\u0444 \u043c\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0437\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0443, \u2014 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b \u0420\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e \u041a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0448\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043d\u0438\u043a \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0413\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0448\u0442\u0430\u0431\u0443 \u0417\u0421\u0423 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b \u0406\u0433\u043e\u0440 \u0420\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0435\u0444\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0440\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 Patriot \u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0434\u0456\u0457 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u043c \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043c \u0441\u0443\u0442\u0442\u0454\u0432\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c. \u00ab\u042f\u043a\u0449\u043e \u0440\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0435 Patriot \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u043b\u0438\u0437\u044c\u043a\u043e 42% \u0446\u0456\u043b\u0435\u0439, \u0442\u043e \u043d\u0438\u043d\u0456 \u2014 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435 6%. \u0426\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u0442 \u043c\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442 \u0456 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":2050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0415\u0444\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c Patriot","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805616],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}