This ONE GENIUS Detail Made the 1960s HAWK Deadlier Than Modern Systems!

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Before the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Hawk had over 100 confirmed kills worldwide.

[00:00:05]So, it arrived in Ukraine holding the title of one of the most effective SAM systems in the world. The Hawk is a star, but an aging one because it is very, very slow.

[00:00:18]This is the control panel with different operating modes. This is the computer that processes information from the antenna. Then, that data goes to the command post. The computing power of this computer is effectively zero.

[00:00:31]Strictly speaking, it isn't a computer at all. It's an analog information coordination central that links the search radars to the illumination radars. This is the very first version of the Hawk that the US handed over.