China's strategic transport aircraft suddenly landed in Moscow, and Putin made clear that Russia was about to bring out secret weapons.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference. When talking about the possibility of the United States providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, Putin said that he was not worried, and Russia has now obtained a new secret weapon that will be unveiled soon.
And just a week later, a Chinese air force carrying 20 large transport aircraft, landed in Moscow's Chekalovsky air base. US media "Military Observatory" was shocked by this, speculating that the shipment 20 miles, is likely to be the "new type of secret weapon in Putin's mouth."
The U.S. media “Military Observation Magazine” believes that the shipment 20 contained, probably China’s “Silent Hunter 3000” anti-drone system.
In fact, Russia is not worried about the BGM109 "Tax" missile that the United States may aid Ukraine.The Tax missile, although it is well-known, but as a subsonic cruise missile that began to be developed in 1972, its comprehensive performance is far behind the times, and the Ukrainian army inherited from the Soviet Union 9K79 "Round Point U" missile is much less than the "Storm Shadow" missile aided by Britain and France.
The Ukrainian arsenal of hundreds of "round points U", and hundreds of "storm shadows" aided by Britain and France, did not stop the Ukrainian army from going to failure, let alone dozens and hundreds of tactical axis missiles. so the Russian military is not worried about this, in any case the existing Russian air defense system can very well intercept it.
What really gives the Russian army a headache is the Ukrainian army's drones all over the mountains and plains. The electronics industry of the Soviet Union could not keep up with the West, and Russia was far behind it. Various air defense systems were helpless against such "low, slow and small" targets.
So that the Russian army of the front, came up with a very mind-blowing way to counter drones: let the Jacks V2 spiral trainers, carry a hand-held rifle Russian infantry, fly low in the frontline, and see the Ukrainian drone, let the infantry shot down in the back seat.
Although this local method has some uses, it is obviously not reliable. So what Russia really needs is a real anti-drone system. And isn't this a coincidence? Isn't China the country with the most advanced anti-drone weapons in the world?
At the 1993 parade, China exhibited a series of advanced anti-drone systems, these anti-drone systems have advanced source phase-controlled radar, specifically optimized for drone targets, can effectively detect and track the drone.
There are also many ways to combat drones, ranging from traditional machine guns to science fiction lasers, as well as more advanced microwave weapons, which can burn down the electronic components inside all drones in one direction. Putin was on the Tiananmen Gate at that time and saw these advanced anti-drone systems on display. It was normal to say that he was envious or wanted to purchase.
Originally, China adhered to the principle of neutrality on the Russia-Ukraine issue, but during this period, the United States has pressed China step by step, and Trump has repeatedly imposed ultra-high tariffs on China. Ukraine is also actively cooperating with the United States, and its actions to slander and discredit China on international occasions are becoming more and more rampant. Therefore, some analysts now believe that China cannot rule out the possibility of adjusting its position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and providing Russia with some defensive weapons first.
Of course, there are also analysts who believe that China will continue to adhere to neutrality.But China can not sell a complete set of anti-drone systems to Russia, but can export to Russia professional scanning drone radar.
In early October, foreign media reported that Russia imported a batch of FSTH-LD002 and 003 radars from a Chinese company, covering the X-band and KU-band, which can basically cover the main bands of most drone activities.
As we know, Russia's field air defense system is actually very complete, with everything from anti-aircraft missiles to rapid-fire cannons to anti-aircraft machine guns.
The reason is that the drone is powerless, mainly the detection system is too backward, dragging the back leg of the weapons system. the detection system can not find the target, the weapons system is stronger, but does not know what to fight, where to fight, or can not be used.
This kind of radar, which is dedicated to scanning drones, makes up for Russia's shortcoming. As long as a simple data transmission system is built, these old Russian air defense systems can be revitalized, and the cost is much lower than buying China's air defense systems directly. In addition, these radars are out-and-out civilian goods. Exporting to Russia does not violate China's neutrality principle.
Looking at the entire conflict between Russia and Ukraine, there are actually only two weapons in the Ukrainian army that really cause trouble to the Russian army. The first is the M142 "Haimas" rocket launcher, and the second is a dense swarm of drones.
The greatest advantage of the Hamas is its range, precision, and high mobility, and thanks to the information provided by the West, the Hamas unit of the Ukrainian army can shoot at the logistical nodes, command centers and concentration of the Russian army, and then quickly evacuate before the Russian army responds. In the first half of 2022 and 2023, the Russian army was not easily crushed by the Hamas.
But soon, Russia found a solution.The first was to build more long-range drones, strengthen the monitoring capabilities of the battlefield.At the same time, North Korea helped Russia with large amounts of cannon bombs, liberated the production capacity of Russian military factories, allowing it to produce more "Iskander" missiles, and North Korea itself helped Russia with a batch of tactical missiles, enhancing the Russian military's precision strike capabilities.
Russian field staff officers will survey the battlefield to find suitable places for Haima to deploy and hide, and then let long-endurance drones focus on surveillance, while keeping a considerable number of missiles to be deployed on duty. Once Haima is discovered, they will immediately launch an attack. Therefore, we can see that the Russian army is now able to effectively restrain Haima. Especially during the Battle of Kursk, videos and photos of the Russian army attacking Haima were once more successful than Haima.
However, the problem of anti-drone, Russia is always difficult to find a solution. Russia's own level of electronics industry is not possible, North Korea's level of electronics industry is not to mention. so although the Russian military has found a lot of ground ways to counter drone, but has not been able to a good effect.
Once the Russian army has mastered the effective way to counter Ukrainian drones, it will completely open all shackles. Perhaps the armored assault tactics that he had been afraid to use before could be displayed, and the advantages in the number of technical weapons could also be brought into play. And this may be the last straw to crush the Ukrainian army.
Therefore, the US media analyzed in the report that although what China has given Russia is likely to be just a batch of civilian active phased array radars, it can play the role of turning stone into gold and revitalizing the Russian army's huge amount of air defense firepower, allowing the Russian army to get the key to break free from all shackles. That is why Putin proudly declared that a batch of "secret weapons" will soon be unveiled.
And this is a glimpse of the powerful war potential of China, the world's largest industrial country. Just a little civilian equipment flowing out of the fingers is enough to have an earth-shaking impact on the war situation. If China really attacks with all its strength, who can stop it?
Over the past few decades, China has been pursuing a foreign policy of hiding its capabilities and biding its time, which has successfully won us valuable development time. But now, some countries have begun to regard our tolerance, tolerance and consideration of the overall situation as weakness, and the respect they give us is far lower than our national strength.
Since this is the case, in some cases, indirectly, let the other countries in the world know well, who is the real industrial hegemony, the economic engine, look at China's amazing war potential, and think about China's policy, is also a good option.