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To: Fennie
"S-400 has been designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilimeters (250 miles),..."

It's an enormous, expensive missile with an exploding warhead--part of a very overrated SAM system.


10 posted on 07/29/2007 4:26:30 AM PDT by familyop
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To: familyop

A fragmentation warhead? Probably not very effective against ballistic missiles. The U.S. interceptors us kinetic energy (hard kill) capability.

Of course, the old Spartan system used a multi-megaton warhead, until Jimminy Carter shut it down.


11 posted on 07/29/2007 4:31:58 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Bestowing kindness on the evil visits cruelty on the good.)
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