Great in boost, nada shortly after.
S-400 is a definite boost phase killer with some hop of terminal.
S-500 is expected for midcourse and possible anti satellite duty.
A faulty missile defense system generated $ 2 billion in bonds for Boeing
Asher Clark
Isaac Ross
MAD no longer exists, you ignorant nigger. The doctrine of the last decade has been "Deterrence", which is very different from "Mutually Assured Destruction".
There are no longer enough warheads in fielded condition on both sides to assure the complete destruction of both sides in the event of nuclear war. Conflict avoidance and geopolitical stability now relies on the cost simply outweighing the benefit. In other words, the "mutually assured" part is no longer valid.
Henry Parker
For the US… Russia cannot rely on its small and outmatched subs to maintain nuclear security.
Jeremiah Rivera
Are you sure about that? In particular, I thought the Russians had a different problem, namely not enough delivery vehicles. Either way, a 500 warhead strike is still completely within the capabilities of both Russia and the US, and while such a strike wouldn't destroy the world, it would certainly destroy the USA and the Russian Federation as coherent political entities.
Deterrence has been the nuclear policy of the world for decades, MAD is a subset of deterrence.
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Henry Torres
Russia has really good electronics and best rocket engines.
This is s-400. it is fully operational and tested
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s-500 should be operational this year. All big city’s are protected by one or the other version. Also, some of the systems are (probably) in polar circle.
s-500 system can destroy hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft
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Russia also has early warning radars. This is the old version
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and this is the new version
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there 7 operational at this moment. (pic related).
China has s-400. Operational and functional. S-400 is best ABM system in the world at this moment (operational).
Brayden Hall
The best defense against enemy aircraft is technologically competitive friendly aircraft. SAM's are just Tomahawk fodder that don't survive the opening minutes of a conflict against a competent and equipped air force.
The West didn't give a fuck about SAM's because SAM's are what a nation with a shitty air force depends on. You'll notice that virtually all modern Western SAM's focus on dealing with enemy missiles, not aircraft. There's a reason for this.
Gavin Walker
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Get bent.
Connor Ross
If it cannot be delivered, it isn't a fielded warhead. Use your brain for half a second.
"Boris, Motherland is fully secure, we have an entire warehouse full of warheads in Siberia."
That's fucking retarded. If it can't hit a Western target today, it's irrelevant to war strategy.
The condition and combat viability of both Russian warheads and delivery systems is questionable at best.
Charles Barnes
Yeah its the US assumes it will have forever air superiority to knock places over with, and look at that, they don't go near any place with more the shorad complexes.
SAMs are what you use to fuck over aircraft, next up are DEWs and a sudden drop down to heavy usage of microdrones.
Kevin Robinson
lol, compare you Slavshit heat-seeker to an Python-V and report back.