(Franco Iacch)
26/11/15

http://www.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/mosca-ecco-cosa-siamo-grado-di-disintegrare-con-gli-s-400

The Russians reproduce the list of carriers (in service or not), the S-400 anti-aircraft systems, sent to Syria after the overthrow of the Su-24, would be able to break down according to data of the Almaz / Antei which produces them.

The systems S-300 and S-400 represents the highest point of land-air defense systems Russians. They are designed to protect areas of strategic importance. Each battery can attack more than half a dozen targets simultaneously. Among the targets that the Russians are certain to be able to break down, also include the F-22 Raptor.

According to Moscow, the S-400 can disintegrate strategic bombers B-52, B-1 and F-111 as well as the EF-11A Raven, the EA-6 Prowler and the U-2 spy plane. Easy prey to the S-400 would be the E-3 Sentry and E-2 Hawkeye. List of hunting Western Russians claim to be able to break down include the F-15 and F-16.

For Russians, the S-400 would be able to detect and break down even the fifth generation fighter F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft and the F-117 and B-2. Finally, according to Moscow, ballistic missiles and strategic (the system it can simultaneously track 72) could not cross with impunity airspace protected by the S-400.

According to the Russians, then, any aerial platform in line with the West, will not escape against the S-400. And in fact, this should be enough to correct all the aircraft to the fourth generation, probably also with those of 4.5. Recall that the S-400 is designed to intercept threats stealth Western.

In the data branched from Almaz / Antei not include the F-18, the EFA, the F-35 and Rafale. The choice is politically correct for EFA and Rafale. The F-18 are currently under way with the Truman and will not be available for another two weeks while the F-35 have not been deployed.

According to a common strategy, the best option to cancel one fencing defensive S-300 / S-400 would be to resort to the "Global Strike Task Force." A combined task force of F-22 and B-2. There would then be a second option, which includes a massive missile attack JASSM-ER (where ER stands for Extended Range) in a context that would require the presence of EA-18G Growler. The problem, in the second option, is to preload the targets of the missiles: S-300 and S-400, in fact, are mobile systems, networked and able to launch missiles, once positioned, after just three minutes.

(Photo: MoD Fed. Russian)

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