Posted on 03/01/2007 8:05:37 AM PST by kronos77
MOSCOW: The first air defense regiment equipped with new S-400 Triumf ground-to-air missile systems will be put on combat duty in the Moscow Region in the middle of 2007, a manufacturer said Tuesday.
The Military-Industrial Commission, which answers directly to the Russian president, meets Tuesday to consider prospects for a fifth-generation air-defense system and building aerospace defenses in the country.
"The [new] regiment will have more [missile] batteries than regiments currently equipped with S-300 air defense systems," said Alexander Lemansky, chief designer at the Almaz Science and Production Association.
Lemansky said new S-400 systems considerably differ from S-300 systems by their effective firing range, firing capacity and other parameters.
S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) anti-aircraft missile system was designed to protect military and industrial facilities from mass air strikes. A missile launched from the system can travel at a speed of 2,000 meters per second and is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 150 km (93 miles) flying at a height of up to 30 km (19 miles) and at a speed of up to 10,000 km/h (6,215 mph).
"The effective firing range of the new [S-400] system is twice that of the previous S-300 [system] and its firing capacity is more than double," Lemansky said.
First Deputy Prime Minister and former defense minister Sergei Ivanov, who oversees defense-related sectors and chairs today's meeting of the commission, earlier said new S-400 Triumf ground-to-air missile systems were adopted for service in late 2006 and will be placed on alert duty later this year.
Israeli chief of generalstaff said "I hade to lie to mr. Bush Senior, I told them that efficiancy of Patriots is 30% but it was 0%"
Understand.
The PAC 2 sucked in Desert storm. THe PAC 3, however, saved my ass several times during the first few days of the war during OIF.
I was sitting square in the middle of the CFLCC COIC.....
Take a look at a map. Check the distance from Crete to Cyprus.
The Greeks/Cypriots ended up with S-300PMU-1. This system uses the 48N6 missile, which has a range out to 150kms. Not even the targetting radar for this system, employed on Crete, can cover any part of the island of Cyprus. The system is there for political reasons. It is jointly manned by Greek and Cypriot units. It can't provide any defence of Cypriot airspace station in Crete.
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