Ukraine UAV strike functionally destroys Russian 9S32M radar
Still of a video purporting to show a Russian 9S32M missile guidance radar just before being struck by a UAV, shared by Ukraine's MoD on 6 January 2026. (Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces/Ukraine's Ministry of Defence)
An online video shared by Ukraine's Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) on 6 January shows an unknown unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) being used by Ukraine's 412th USF brigade (call sign “Nemesis”) to destroy a Russian 9S32M (NATO designation ‘Grill Screen') missile guidance radar.
The UAV hit the 9S32M radar face rendering it functionally destroyed Janes assesses. Its functional destruction does not preclude that it may still be repairable. Ideally, an ‘after' image would have indicated whether the system was physically destroyed beyond repair.
Russia's 9S32M radar is an updated version of the 9S32 (NATO designation ‘Grill Pan') used by the S-300V4 surface-to-air missile system. According to Janes Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence , system functions of the 9S32 include search, location, capture, and automatic tracking of detected air and ballistic missile targets; generated tracked target co-ordinates and flight profiles for transmission to missiles; and automatic horizon scanning for detection of low profile and pop-up threats. The 9S32 can track up to 12 targets and control up to six missiles against those targets simultaneously.
The 9S32M employs a larger antenna design compared with the 9S32 and has a higher peak power.
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