The TOR-M1
Sort of like the USA selling high tech tunneling equipment to Mexico. How long till the Chechnyans get some of this stuff.
I wouldn't be suprised if we already have all the info to defeat the missile systems, probably bought from Russia.
Hopefully they have GPS transmitters embedded in them...
I hope the Ruskies realize that the nuclear cloud will drift closer to them after the reactors are bombed.
http://www.defense-update.com/images/Torm1.jpg
http://www.defense-update.com/products/t/tor.htm
The TOR-M1 surface-to-air missile system is a mobile, integrated air defense system, designed for operation at medium-, low- and very low –altitudes, against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, UAVs, guided missiles and precision weapon. The system is capable of operating in an intensive aerial jamming environment. The system is comprised of a number of missile Transporter Launcher Vehicle (TLV). A Russian air defense Tor battalion consists of 3 - 5 companies, each equipped with four TLVs. Each TLV is equipped with 8 ready to launch missiles, associating radars, fire control systems and a battery command post. The combat vehicle can operate autonomously, firing from stationary positions or on the move. The each fire unit can engage and launch missiles against two separate targets.
Tor can track up to 48 targets and engage two targets simultaneously, at a speed of up to 700 m/sec, and at a distance of 1 to 12 km. The system's high lethality (aircraft kill probability of 0.92-0.95) is maintained at altitude of 10 – 6,000 m'. Reaction time could range from 3.4 seconds for stationary positions to 10 seconds while on the move. The vertically launched, single-stage solid rocket propelled missile is capable of maneuvering at loads up to 30gs. It is equipped with a 15kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead activated by a proximity fuse.
The missile is also effective against precision guided weapons and cruise missiles. In tests the missile demonstrated kill probability of such targets ranging from 0.6 to 0.9.
The first operator of the Tor system was the Russian Army Air-Defense, which operates 100 units of the SA-15 Gauntlet variant. The Russian navy also uses the naval version known as SA-N-9. China bought 50 systems and possibly 25 more, between 1997 and 2002. The Greek army fielded 21 Tor M-1 systems. Most recently (December 2005) Iran was reported to sign a deal estimated at US$ 1 billion covering the procurement of up to 30 TOR M-1 missile systems, modernization of air-force systems and the supply of patrol boats. The system was also proposed to several other countries. Deliveries of the TOR systems are expected between 2006-2008.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532563/posts
Is this just $$ speaking or is something else going on?
Russia is a sad excuse of a nation. I guess its better than a sad excuse of a COMMUNIST nation, though.
Things in transit make good targets.
FYI!
Some constants never change over the decades.
WTF?!
Paging all Putinists! What's your boy done now?
The TOR-M1
free trade
It is the year 2008, and Russia has suffered its worst wheat harvest in 55 years. Apparently desperate for food to feed its people, Soviet Russia and its Latin American allies launch a full scale invasion of the United States, and World War III breaks out. The Soviets destroy several major U.S. cities with ICBMs, especially key points of communication (Omaha and Washington, D.C. are specifically cited). Soviet troops and their socialist allies invade the U.S. in three waves.
The first wave are Russian transport aircraft that slip through U.S. radar disguised as commercial airlines. These planes contain crack Spetsnaz troops and Cuban Special Forces who parachute and occupy strategic towns and transportation hubs.
The second invasion force is composed of millions of Mexican, Nicaraguan, and other Central American socialist soldiers who simply pour across the U.S.-Mexico border into the center of the United States.
The Russians also invade Alaska from Siberia. They cross into Canada, cut the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System but are decisively stopped at the border by a large U.S. force. Much of the Progress of the war is hampered by leftist critics and liberalist/communists who believe America will be better off under tyrannical rule of Communism .
The Communist forces manage to occupy and control the central third of the United States, extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River. Once the lines are stabilized, it becomes a conventional war with both sides ceasing the use of nuclear weapons. The Soviets establish puppet governments at the local level to help them maintain order.
Tanks, Russia!
The combination practically demands immediate action, as the window of oportunity will soon close.
Unless there is a plan to take out Irani nuke capability without the use of airpower, that is.
Someone ask Condi to slap Putin. PLEASE!!!
Russia is no longer our friend.
Defense is spelled with an "S" not a "c"