Lima EW system diverts 26 Russian Kinzhal missiles since start of year – company

The Lima strategic-level Electronic Warfare (EW) system developed in 2022 to counter UAVs (specifically Shahed-136 / Geran-2) and guided aerial bombs (KABs), effectively deflects aeroballistic missiles, the developer company Cascade Systems told Interfax-Ukraine.

The company said that during the first three months of 2026, thanks to the deployment of the system in several regions of Ukraine, 26 Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles were neutralized, bringing the total to 58 Kinzhal missiles since the system’s initial use.

Additionally, in the first quarter of 2026, the system deflected 33 cruise missiles and over 10,000 UAVs. Lima also neutralizes more than 98% of KABs launched within the system’s operational zones.

The new complexes are integrated into the overall air defense system, ensuring that enemy aerial assets are diverted from their targets to the safest possible areas.

Head of the Electronic Warfare Department of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Maksym Skoretsky, whose words were cited by the company, said the integration of Lima into the air defense system creates an additional frontier of protection.

"This allows the system to neutralize drones and missiles that have already breached the outer interception ring. Thus, a multi-layered, echeloned, defense is created. Such interaction significantly increases the percentage of enemy strike assets that fail to reach their target during attacks," he said.

A representative of Nichna Varta (Night Watch), the military unit operating the system, confirmed its high efficiency in protecting facilities.

"Lima is the only system in Ukraine that has passed inter-agency testing and proven its effectiveness against 12- and 16-channel CRPA antennas, which currently equip Russian UAVs, KABs, cruise, and ballistic missiles. In its areas of operation, we record the highest possible efficiency in facility protection. Specifically, we managed to neutralize 58 out of 59 Kinzhal missiles launched at the objects we protect. The complex creates an electronic barrier that blocks the satellite navigation of kamikaze drones and critically disrupts the operation of enemy high-precision weapons that use satellite navigation for guidance. Given the performance proven in real combat, it is advisable today to accelerate the scaling of such systems to protect strategic nodes across the country," the serviceman said.

The head of Cascade Systems emphasized that using this class of EW allows for a more rational distribution of air defense resources by creating an additional non-kinetic line of defense.

"Today, the complex is helping to change the economics of the confrontation. In situations where a target can be disoriented via electronic influence, it allows us to avoid spending scarce anti-aircraft missiles on every threat or to back up kinetic interception means during mass attacks. This is an asymmetric response: instead of an exhausting ‘missile vs. missile’ duel, we use a tool that causes a critical deviation of the enemy’s high-precision weapon from its target at the final stage of flight," he said.

Lima EW is one of the products of Cascade Systems; it is a strategic-level EW system that implements the concept of asymmetric sky protection. Through a combination of jamming, spoofing, and cyber influence, it forcibly interferes with the navigation of enemy weapons, neutralizing their ability to strike a target.