Long range, high and low altitude capable, and fast... bottom-line, a serious threat.
Yes it can be defeated, but it is a deadly system and raises the risk to attacking aircraft exponentially.
I read that Russians were selling them the new SA-300 system. Are they the same thing or is there a difference?
>>raises the risk to attacking aircraft exponentially.
And the profitability.
“Eisenhower’s “Military-Industrial Complex” Speech Origins and Significance”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y
The Penultimate Truth is it’s too bad nobody listened.
If this were a sane world what would happen is Iran would receive a couple of visitors from Fulton Missouri, after which more visitors from Israel would arrive unimpeded.