The S-300 surface-to-air missile techniques have assumed fight responsibility in Belarus, based on native media shops, with the techniques working below the fifteenth Anti-Plane Missile Brigade. Chatting with native media, the brigade’s commander acknowledged: “as a part of the snap inspection of the Armed Forces, the fifteenth Anti-Plane Missile Brigade was issued a fight order. In accordance with it, models from the fast response forces have been dropped at the best diploma of fight readiness. We obtained materiel provides, loaded them, and departed for the designated space.” Elaborating on the techniques’ activation, he noticed: “Upon arrival, we instantly occupied a place and checked the weapons, navy and particular gear, which has now assumed fight responsibility to defend the nation’s airspace. We’re working in coordination with the aviation and the radio-technical troops.”
The standing of the S-300 system in Belarusian service has for years been unsure, with the procurement of the brand new and considerably extra succesful S-400 system from Russia having raised the probably that S-300s have been retired. Commenting on the S-300’s capabilities, the fifteenth Anti-Plane Missile Brigade’s commander noticed: “This method has confirmed itself to be very dependable. The gear is cellular, and its vary is ample to guard the state border within the airspace.” He added that S-300s will likely be utilized in a sequence of coaching workout routines together with for the destruction of aerial targets. Belarus inherited the third largest numbers of S-300 techniques after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, with solely the Russian and Ukrainian arsenals having been bigger. Regardless of their age, Soviet-built S-300PS/PT techniques have been thought of far forward of their time technologically, and have continued to pose a main risk to Russian plane within the Ukrainian theatre.
The Belarusian Air Drive obtained its first battalion’s price of S-400 techniques in 2022, and its second in Might 2023, with these considerably growing the fight potentials of S-300 techniques by offering far larger situational consciousness to broader ground-based networks. The brand new techniques combine a variety of complementary radar techniques, together with the 30K6E panoramic radar detection system with a 600 kilometre, vary and the flexibility to trace as much as 300 targets, the 96N6E radar with a 400km vary able to monitoring as much as 96 targets, and non-compulsory extra sensors such because the 96L6 with a 300km detection vary and the Protivnik-GE with a 400km vary and a specialisation in detecting stealth targets. The supply of Su-30SM2 fighters, which carry the most important and strongest radars of any fighter varieties in Europe, may function elevated sensors. Networking with S-400s and Su-30s can present invaluable concentrating on knowledge to S-300 techniques, which lack equally superior sensors, whereas decreasing vulnerability to jamming.
Following an increase in tensions between Belarus and states throughout NATO in late 2020, the nation emerged as a number one shopper for Russian air defence gear, and whereas procuring a number of battalions of S-400 techniques, it additionally benefitted deployments of the Russian Aerospace Forces personal S-400 techniques alongside Su-35S air superiority fighters from early 2022. Belarusian S-400 techniques have on a number of events been deployed for joint workout routines with Russian forces, together with in Might 2022, and extra lately in September 2025 as a part of the Zapad 2025 joint strategic drills. A serious settlement on collectively sustaining the techniques was signed in late December. The S-400 was first fight examined in February 2022, and has been assessed by sources in each Russia and the West to have confirmed extremely efficient within the Ukrainain theatre. S-400 techniques extra lately performed a central function within the Indian air marketing campaign in opposition to Pakistan in Might, and was broadly credited by figures within the Indian political and navy management with having neutralised a number of excessive worth belongings.
