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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 12, 2019, 10:22:32 am
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May 11, 2019
The U.S. Air Force Fears for Its F-15s and F-35s vs. Russia's S-400. But . . .
Moscow isn't so confident. Here's why.
by Michael Peck
The United States and other nations worry that Russia’s sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles will deny the skies to Western aircraft.
Too bad some Russians aren’t so confident.
A Russian military expert warns that air defense missile systems, like the vaunted S-300 and S-400, aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
The problem is that NATO can overwhelm Russia’s air defenses, argues Anatolyevich Khramchikhin, deputy director of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-air-force-fears-its-f-15s-and-f-35s-vs-russias-s-400-56867