[sparklite2]

Since the missiles only have to come from Pakistan,
this may be wildly overspending.

[cold start]

[Chode]

is this the same one that shot down all the Israeli planes??? wait, never mind...

[arthurus]

If Putin’s Russian is continuing in the tradition of the USSR with these weapons exports then the export model is a detuned version of the one in the Russian arsenal and has rather less capability than the model the customer thinks he is buying. One doesn’t find out these things until one uses them in combat against a modern military.

[VeniVidiVici]

Russians have always had first-class air defense systems

[RayChuang88]

I wonder did the Russians design the S-400 to be equipped with an enhanced radiation low-yield nuclear warhead of around 2-4 kT. There's a reason for such a warhead: knock down incoming SLBM/ICBM warheads at altitudes up to 65 km above the ground, which means the S-400 becomes a mobile ABM system that can be quickly deployed around major Russian cities in case a world war is imminent.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Hmmmmmm......before we went into Iraq, Hussein had the ‘best’ Russian anti aircraft, anti missile systems. We swept them away. Our own B Hussein O has certainly damaged our military, but we will prevail.

[jpsb]

Looks like Lockheed has solved the speed problem the F-35 had

"hypersonic targets such as the US F-35 fighter jet. "

[BobL]

Should help India A LOT when dealing with China. Perhaps the Russians will consider selling us the missiles too, since we seem to TOTALLY ABANDONED national security since the Cold War ‘ended’.