Thursday, September 01, 2016

Detailing Russian Surface to Air Missile Coverage

Detailing Russian Surface to Air Missile Coverage – Defensetech:
(Graphic by Institute for the Study of War)"The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has released an informational graphic highlighting Russia’s increasing surface-to-air missile coverage in Europe.
The graphic released Monday details the Russian military’s deployment of S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems not only within Russia and Kaliningrad, the Russian city in a territory between Poland and Lithuania, but also Crimea and areas encircling the Ukraine, even Latakia, Syria.
The S-300 has a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles); the S-400 up to 400 kilometers (250 miles). 
Both systems are designed to target any number of U.S. and NATO aircraft, from bombers to fighters to spy planes.
Notably absent from the picture is any reference to the S-500, which a reader of this blog has argued was already deployed around Moscow but which an expert contacted by this correspondent has said remains in development...."

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