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To: Greysard

The Russian Air Force did an experiment with a Russian S-400 and the Pantsir-S1 together. A mock warhead war fired and according to reports the S-400 missed the target.The Pantsir-S1 fired an hit the target.


11 posted on 05/17/2010 1:05:06 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread:-General Heinz Guderian)
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To: sonofstrangelove
A mock warhead war fired and according to reports the S-400 missed the target.The Pantsir-S1 fired an hit the target.

It is quite believable that missiles of those two systems are completely different in terms of acceleration and maneuverability. Just look at their sizes :-)

This article explains that S-400/500 are intended as eventual replacement of existing ABM systems around Moscow. We need to remember that even A-135 was designed for nuclear warheads, so it never needed to hit the target; "close enough" was just as good. But nuclear warheads were removed from those missiles many years ago, and the resulting configuration is probably marginal. By the time S-500 are deployed those A-135's will be at least 20 years old, a good age for retirement.

13 posted on 05/17/2010 1:32:06 AM PDT by Greysard
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