The Ukrainian military hit the new Russian 1К148 Yastreb-AV counter-battery radar system in the Kherson region.

To hit the radar system, the military used an American М142 HIMARS rocket launcher.

The fire on the radar system was adjusted due to a reconnaissance drone that followed the Russians.

As a result, HIMARS was able to accurately hit this Russian system with two GMLRS missiles.

Recently, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that units of the Russian invasion forces received the Yastreb-AV counter-battery radar system for service.

The characteristics of the 1К148 Yastreb-AV counter-battery radar system were not made public.

The Russian army adopted it not so long ago: the tests were completed in late 2021 or early 2022.

The radar system with phased antenna arrays is able to automatically track the trajectory of shells fired by enemy artillery, determining the exact coordinates of fire positions.

The 1К148 Yastreb-AV system is placed on a four-seater BAZ-6910-025 chassis. The rear part of the chassis is allocated for the placement of an antenna post with a large area array.

At the same time, in August 2023, the commander of the Tavria operational and strategic group reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian radar station of the Yastreb-AV system. That time, there was no video evidence of this assertion.

“We have successes in the Tavria direction. 18 units of enemy military equipment were destroyed. In particular, one Yastreb-AV radar system,” Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported.

The fight against enemy artillery has become one of the key tasks in military operations. Counter-battery radars directly detect a missile or projectile and calculate its trajectory at several points, determining both the location of the enemy’s firing position and the site of the projectile’s fall.