“they could kiss goodbye to Moscow and St. Petersburg”
ABM systems protect NYC and DC, and those cities.
Anti-missile systems are a top Russian R&D priority. Russian troops are getting paid, and so are Russian scientists.
Even minor Russian cities will get high-quality anti-missile systems.
ABM systems protect NYC and DC, and those cities.
What systems are they exactly. There used to be a last ditch nuke armed Nike attempt to render incoming warheads inactive, wishfully, but I know of no such system today aside from a few launchers in the Pacific.
First, what you said is dubious. Second, we have seen how good Russia AD is in Syria and Iran.