Russia REALLY wants a test bed of their S-400 against our F-35.
Russia REALLY wants a test bed of their S-400 against our F-35.
Plus hundreds of million of $’s in sales to both sides.
“Russia REALLY wants a test bed of their S-400 against our F-35.”
Out 35s and 22s, and Israels 35s routinely test against eh S-300 and 400 in Syria.
He already knows he can’t touch them.
This is a political move to drive a wedge between the gulf States and the US.
Bingo! That’s exactly what I suspect as well, and I think that’s also the reason we refused to sell F-35s to Turkey if they bought the S-400.
Why do you think that President Trump is being encouraged to attack Iran?
Why do you think the attack against Iran that almost happened recently was called off at the last moment?
The correct assets to be used against the S-400 simply weren’t in place, and someone in our military pointed this out to President Trump at the last minute, IMO.
Make no mistake, Putin is exceptionally eager to show Russian hardware taking down American assets, especially after Russian hardware was shown to be expensive junk when not properly applied against American military equipment. Throw in the massacre of Russian mercenaries and you can easily see Putin’s motives.
Saudis aren’t going to fire at US aircraft. And the Russkies aren’t about to give the USAF a close up exam of their S400 whivh is what will happen if they were to give them to the Kingdom. I don’t have the slightest idea what Putin is doing. All I know is that a good friend who spent 25 years as a Soviet/Russian/Central Asian analyst with the DIA told me in 2005 “Putin” he said, “ is both evil and insane.”