The best missile system. The most dangerous anti-aircraft missile in the world. The most accurate - Trident II D5
The Igla-super portable air defense system is a further development of the line of portable air defense systems launched by the Igla complex, which was put into service in 1983.
The most common and combat air defense system: S-75 air defense system
Country: USSR
Adopted: 1957
Rocket type: 13D
Maximum target engagement range: 29–34 km
Target speed: 1500 km/h
John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policy. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, a descendant of the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His "Phantom" got an anti-aircraft guided missile of the S-75 complex.
By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first “test of the pen” took place in China in 1959, when local air defense, with the help of “Soviet comrades”, interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the more advanced air reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed U-2, would be too tough for the red air defense system were also not destined to come true. One of them was shot down by S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba.
On account of the legendary anti-aircraft missile created at the Fakel ICD, many other targets were hit in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean Sea, and the S-75 complex itself was destined for a long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.
The most high-tech missile defense system: the Aegis system ("Aegis")
SM-3 missile
Country: USA
first launch: 2001
Length: 6.55 m
Steps: 3
Range: 500 km
Height of the affected area: 250 km
The main element of this shipborne multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN / SPY radar with four flat headlamps with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead.
The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean and hit the emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193, located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km / h.
The newest Russian ZRPK: ZRPK "Shell S-1"
Country Russia
adopted: 2008
Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on HEADLIGHTS
Range: 18 km
Ammunition: 12 missiles 57E6-E
Artillery armament: 30-mm twin anti-aircraft gun
The "" complex is intended for close cover of civilian and military facilities (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and promising air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats.
Aerial targets include all targets with a minimum reflective surface with speeds up to 1000 m/s, a maximum range of 20000 m and an altitude of up to 15000 m, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and precision bombs.
The most nuclear anti-missile: 51T6 Azov transatmospheric interceptor
Country: USSR-Russia
First launch: 1979
Length: 19.8 m
Steps: 2
Starting weight: 45 t
Firing range: 350–500 km
Warhead power: 0.55 Mt
The second-generation (A-135) anti-missile 51T6 (“Azov”), which was part of the missile defense system around Moscow, was developed at the Fakel Design Bureau in 1971-1990. Its tasks included the transatmospheric interception of enemy warheads with the help of a counter nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of "Azov" was carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been decommissioned.
The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS
Country Russia
designed: 2002
Destruction range: 6000 m
Defeat altitude: 3500 m
Target speed: 400 m/s
Weight in combat position: 19 kg
According to many experts, the Russian anti-aircraft system, designed to destroy low-flying air targets of various types in conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, surpasses all analogues existing in the world.
Closest to our borders: SAM Patriot PAC-3
Country: USA
first launch: 1994
Rocket length: 4.826 m
Rocket weight: 316 kg
Warhead weight: 24 kg
Target engagement height: up to 20 km
Created in the 1990s, a modification of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system is designed to deal with missiles with a range of up to 1000 km. During the test on March 15, 1999, a target missile was destroyed by a direct hit, which was the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Minuteman-2 ICBM. After the rejection of the idea of the Third position area of the American strategic missile defense system in Europe, Patriot PAC-3 batteries are deployed in Eastern Europe.
The most common anti-aircraft gun: 20-mm anti-aircraft gun Oerlicon ("Oerlikon")
Country: Germany - Switzerland
Designed: 1914
Caliber: 20mm
Rate of fire: 300-450 rds / min
Range: 3–4 km
The history of the Oerlikon automatic 20 mm anti-aircraft gun, also known as the Becker gun, is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still used to this day, despite the fact that the first sample of this weapon was created by a German designer Reinhold Becker during the First World War.
The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which the impact ignition of the primer was carried out even before the end of the chambering of the cartridge. Due to the fact that the rights to the German invention were transferred to the company SEMAG from neutral Switzerland, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their versions of the Oerlikons during World War II.
The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: 88-mm anti-aircraft gun Flugabwehrkanone
Country: Germany
Year: 1918/1936/1937
Caliber: 88 mm
Rate of fire: 15-20 rds / min
Barrel length: 4.98 m
Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m
Projectile weight: 9.24 kg
One of the best anti-aircraft guns in history, better known as the "eight-eight", was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.
The most promising air defense-missile defense system: the S-400 Triumph air defense system
Country Russia
Designed: 1999
Target detection range: 600 km
Damage range:
- aerodynamic targets - 5–60 km
- ballistic targets - 3-240 km
Height of defeat: 10 m - 27 km
The air defense system is designed to destroy jamming aircraft, radar detection and control aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other modern and advanced air attack weapons. Each air defense system provides simultaneous shelling of up to 36 targets with up to 72 missiles aimed at them.
The most versatile anti-missile defense system: S-300VM "Antey-2500"
Country: USSR
Designed: 1988
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 200 km
Ballistic targets - up to 40 km
Height of defeat: 25m - 30 km
Mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft "Antey-2500" belongs to a new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (PRO-PSO). Antey-2500 is the world's only universal missile defense and air defense system capable of effectively fighting both ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 2,500 km and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets.
The Antey-2500 system is capable of firing simultaneously at 24 aerodynamic targets, including subtle objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds up to 4500 m/s.
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Thanks to huge profits from the sale of oil and gas, a large-scale modernization of the Russian military is in full swing, and as Vladimir Putin promises, military spending will be increased by $ 770 billion from 2014 to 2020.
At first glance, this is a huge amount, and it is true, the Russian military budget doubled from 2006 to 2009 from $25 billion to $50 billion, but this is only a tenth of the budget of the United States military, which is about $600 billion. in a year.
An interesting feature of Russian military production, and a possible reason for its lagging behind the American one, is that it is more dependent on the conditions of capitalism and less supported by the state.
Private enterprises export weapons and enter into contracts with foreign powers to further improve the weapons program.
Thus, it is unlikely that Russia and the United States will enter a new cold war, as some experts suggest, but the modernization of the Russian military will remind America that it is not the only player in the military market, and, in the end, this is only for the better.
ZRK S-400 "Triumph"
So, the Russian S-400 can become the best air defense system in the world.
The S-400 is a highly modernized version of the highly successful S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.
So far, the use of the S-400 is limited, and its predecessor remains the leading Russian air defense system.
A very successful S-300 air defense system
The S-400 has a detection range of 250 miles (about 600 km), which is at least twice that of the US Patriot MIM-104.
Three different missiles are used for different ranges, with a maximum speed of twelve times the speed of sound. The radar can track 100 targets at the same time.
This complex poses a threat to even the most elite attack aircraft.
S-500 is the best air defense system in the world
The S-500 will definitely be the best air defense system in the world. The S-500 is a more advanced version of the S-400, designed to intercept ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), among other uses.
It will be based on the S-400 but reduced in size. Radar systems have been improved over the S-400 and much of the equipment will be carried over from the S-300 series. It is assumed that this will be a highly mobile complex. All the details are not yet known, but it is already clear that the S-500 will be an important player in the global arms market.
Most interestingly, it is not designed to protect against US ballistic missile attack. Since China produces its own ICBMs, the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system is most likely designed to hedge against any deterioration in relations between Moscow and Beijing, or in case Chinese ICBMs are acquired by less predictable countries.
People like to compare different things with each other. Who is stronger: an elephant or a whale? Will the weight break through the manhole cover? By the way, the whole sport is built on this. People love to compare military equipment, which is better done on paper than in real combat. Keele Mizokami from the popular magazine The National Interest decided to assemble the top five anti-aircraft missile systems. He made his rating based on the number of shot down targets and the ratio of hits to misses.
SA-75 "Dvina" (according to NATO classification:SA-2 Guidline)
SA-75 "Dvina" is far from a novelty, but it is a record holder in terms of operating time. Designed in 1953, this anti-aircraft missile system has been in continuous operation around the world for more than fifty years. Rockets, namely, this complex in 1960, the American spy plane U-2, piloted by Powers, was shot down.
SAM SA-75 "Dvina" formed the basis of the air defense of North Vietnam during the US aggression against Vietnam. Over the Vietnamese sky, a total of about 2,000 American aircraft were shot down, including 64 B-52 strategic bombers. "Dvina" is still in service with twenty countries, of course, having undergone several deep upgrades. Well deserved number one.
9K32 Strela (NATO:SA-7 Grail)
9K32 "Strela" is the first generation of Soviet man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems. In terms of simplicity and cheapness, it can be compared with the AK-47. A supersonic missile is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 3.4 km and an altitude of 1.5 km. This MANPADS is intended to provide protection against low-flying targets. There were three Arrows in each battalion of the Soviet army.
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The first Soviet MANPADS received its baptism of fire during the war between Egypt and Israel in 1969-1970. The Egyptians shot down 36 enemy aircraft, firing 99 missiles. The weak point of this complex was the guidance of the rocket by the thermal radiation of the engine. Mujahideen in Afghanistan did not like these missiles, saying that they often point at the sun and miss their target.
2K12 "Cube" (NATO:SA-6 Gainful)
Veteran of conflicts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, "Cube" came to prominence in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War when Egypt invaded the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt had 32 "Cube" batteries, which came as a surprise to the Israeli Air Force, as their radar detection systems did not respond to these SAMs. Thanks to this, the Israelis lost fifty aircraft in the first three days of the war. By the end of the war, Israel had lost 14% of its aircraft fleet.
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The 2K12 Kub air defense system was in service in thirty countries and is still in service in 22. During the Gulf War, Iraqi air defenses shot down two American F-16s. One F-16 fell victim to "Cube" in the skies over Bosnia in 1995. The last aircraft shot down on the account of this air defense system was the Polish Su-22, shot down by mistake by the Polish air defense during the exercises.
The Stinger is a second generation MANPADS that made a name for itself in the mountains of Afghanistan in the 1980s. The Stinger proved to be very effective against Soviet helicopters and aircraft. The effectiveness of the Stingers was due to the fact that he could shoot down aircraft from any angle, and not just from behind.
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The United States began covert deliveries of Stingers to the Afghan Mujahideen in 1986. Five hundred launchers and a thousand missiles were distributed "like candy" to bearded bandits. In total, before the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the USSR Air Force lost about 270 aircraft.
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The highly publicized Patriot air defense system first came to prominence during the Gulf War in 1991, when it was used to protect coalition forces and Israeli communities from Iraqi Scud missiles. The American press praised him greatly, but the real successes were much more modest. Not a single enemy aircraft was shot down, and the effectiveness of hitting Iraqi missiles is estimated at 50%. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Patriot shot down nine targets, two of which were coalition aircraft. In general, the "Patriot" can not boast of either a long service life, or accuracy, or the number of downed aircraft.
Many readers, having reached the end of the article, will undoubtedly wonder, where are the S-300 and S-400 on this list, why did the formidable Russian air defense systems not make it into the rating? For such readers, it is necessary to remind once again that the list is compiled by combat effectiveness. Neither the S-300 nor the S-400 took part in the hostilities. Apparently, the very fact that the first three lines in the list of the most effective anti-aircraft missile systems are occupied by Soviet models, as it were, hints that it is better not to mess with modern Russian air defense systems.
System S-300 "Favorite".
Photo courtesy of Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern
In early February, Air Power Australia, a well-known analytical center in expert circles, presented an in-depth study on the combat capabilities of modern military aviation and current air defense systems. Based on the American "air sword" and the Russian "shield".
ETERNAL COMPETITION
The choice of hypothetical opponents seems to be non-random. The United States has the highest potential of the air force and, in addition, holds the lead in the supply of aviation military equipment abroad. Russia is the leader in the production and export of air defense equipment. Suffice it to say that only one of its air defense concerns, Almaz-Antey, supplies products manufactured at its enterprises to more than fifty countries of the world (see map).
The arms market itself suggests who is the leader in what area. There is no need for experts who, for various reasons, are inclined to subjective assessments. For in the market they vote with funds from budgetary appropriations. Thousands and thousands of specialists, officials, and high-ranking military personnel are involved in operations to determine the best and most advantageous "cost-effectiveness" ratio of a particular type of weapon. Subjectivism is kept to a minimum.
In fact, Russian air defense systems are classified as a premium class. This assessment of researchers from Air Power Australia is supported by their high combat reliability, destruction efficiency and relatively low price by the standards of the arms market. For example, Americans of this class have systems that are much more expensive, despite the fact that the same reliability, efficiency and combat capabilities of their products are much lower than Russian ones.
The conclusion of foreign experts is interesting: modern Russian anti-aircraft missile systems and radar systems have reached a level that virtually excludes the possibility of the survival of US combat aircraft in the event of a military clash.
According to an Australian study, not only the American F-15, F-16 and F / A-18 aircraft, but even the promising fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter, also known as the F-35 Lightning II, are not capable of resisting Russian air defense. And in order to achieve the superiority that the United States military aviation had at the end of the Cold War, the Pentagon needs to adopt at least 400 more F-22 Raptor aircraft. Otherwise, American aviation will finally lose its strategic superiority over Russian air defense.
According to analysts, this circumstance may also affect the position of the United States in the world. Countries such as China, Iran and Venezuela will be well aware that the Americans will not go to an open military confrontation, realizing that as a result of this, the US Air Force and Navy will lose hundreds of combat aircraft and pilots. That is, the United States military is at risk of unacceptable damage. Of course, unacceptable, from the point of view of American politicians, whose career in such a development of events will end in national disgrace.
Air Power Australia recalls that its expert Dr. Carlo Call, who defended his thesis in the field of radar engineering, compared the capabilities of modern Russian anti-aircraft missile systems and American F-35 fighters and concluded that these aircraft would be easy targets. The manufacturer of the latest winged vehicles, the American corporation Lockheed Martin, has never tried to publicly challenge the expert's statement.
The researchers also concluded that since the end of the Cold War, Russian designers have managed to achieve significant results in the modernization of air defense systems. Moreover, the opportunity to comprehensively and objectively assess the potential of a potential adversary for Russian engineers and scientists appeared due to military conflicts in Iran in 1991 and in Serbia in 1999. This process, as noted in the report, is in many ways reminiscent of a chess game. As a result, the Russians were able to figure out how to checkmate American combat aircraft.
Comparing the capabilities of modern air defense systems and aircraft, analysts also note that the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system, produced by the enterprises of the Almaz-Antey air defense concern and already adopted by the Russian army, today has virtually no analogues in the world. The technical capabilities of the Triumph are significantly higher than those of the American Patriot, and are twice as superior in terms of combat performance as the well-known predecessor of the S-400, the S-300 Favorit system, which was supplied to China, Slovakia, Vietnam and Cyprus. In the future, "Triumph" may become a pivotal project in the military-technical cooperation of the Russian Federation with the Arab countries, in particular with the Arab Emirates.
And what is characteristic, the study emphasizes, is that Russia is building a deeply echeloned air defense system. If the S-300 and S-400 complexes are long-range, then they tenaciously interact with short-range and medium-range complexes. They complement each other and at the same time insure, creating an insurmountable and solid wall for the air aggressor. Anti-aircraft missile systems of small and medium ranges of the "Tor", "Buk", "Tunguska" types were supplied, in particular, to China, Iran, India, Greece, Syria, Egypt, Finland, Morocco.
In addition to traditional customers of Russian military products, countries such as Singapore and Brazil, which have purchased man-portable air defense systems, are also interested in domestic air defense systems.
Russia's positions are also very strong in the market for sea-based anti-aircraft missile systems. For example, air defense systems "Shtil", "Reef", "Blade" are successfully operated on warships.
FROM AIR DEFENSE TO PRO
Anti-aircraft missile systems of the S-300 family are considered one of the most powerful air defense systems in the world. The development of this system began in the 1960s, when the USSR Armed Forces demanded the creation of a mobile multi-channel medium-range air defense system capable of protecting the country's sky from massive air raids by modern aviation using guided weapons.
Tests of the future S-300 took place in the 1970s. In order to misinform a potential adversary, according to the documents, the new air defense system was passed as the S-75M6 - another modernization of the “veteran” complex, widely known by that time all over the world, which had taken up combat duty in the late 1950s. The terms of reference provided for the development of three versions of the air defense system - S-300P for air defense, S-300V - for ground forces and S-300F - a ship-based complex for the Navy.
The systems for the air defense forces and for the fleet were mainly focused on the destruction of aircraft and cruise missiles, the military complex had to have greater capabilities to intercept ballistic targets in order to provide missile defense. Today, the S-300 systems form the basis of the air defense of our country and the Russian Ground Forces, and are also successfully sold on the world market.
On the basis of the S-300 air defense system, the latest S-400 system has been developed, capable of firing both new missiles and using the ammunition of its predecessor. The S-400 air defense system has the combat capabilities, mobility and noise immunity of the latest versions of the S-300 complex, combined with a longer firing range.
The S-400 system is designed to destroy all types of aircraft - aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. An important difference between the S-400 and the S-300 is the new anti-aircraft missiles with active homing heads and increased firing range. "Triumph" is capable of destroying a target at a distance of up to 400 km and at an altitude of 30 km. These indicators make it possible to consider the complex not only as an air defense weapon, but also partially as an anti-missile weapon.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Colonel General Alexander Zelin, reveals the secrets of the S-400 Triumph complex: it can hit "a super-maneuverable small target with an effective reflective surface, which a five-ruble coin has." He is able to cope with air targets that are made using stealth technology, that is, stealth aircraft with a low effective reflective surface.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force is extremely proud that the new generation S-400 anti-aircraft missile system is supposed to be used to ensure the safety of participants and guests of the 2014 Winter Olympics. “Builders will build facilities in Sochi for the Olympics, and we will prepare an air defense system that will ensure the reliable holding of the Olympic Games,” the general said in a recent interview.
Of course, reliable protection of both the people who arrived at the Olympics and the people of Sochi themselves is the most important thing, no one is going to argue about the need for this. And the margin of safety here does not hurt. Moreover, in the immediate vicinity is Georgia, against which Russian troops fought not so long ago. And the frenzy of anti-Russian sentiments has not yet disappeared there.
However, life does not stand still. Two years ago, the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation set the task, in particular, for the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern to develop advanced fifth-generation anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense weapons. Its distinctive feature will be that fire, information and command systems and complexes will merge together.
This is the next step in the fight for clear and peaceful skies. The Russian backlog is high, but the closest competitor - the United States - also does not want to see itself as an outsider. The competition between technical schools and simply military potentials is intensifying.
In the suburbs of the Romanian city of Constanta, a training camp was opened, in which the Romanian troops will now master the American Patriot air defense systems. And the Americans themselves volunteered to train them.
And in Romanian Deveselu, a solemn ceremony was held to open another NATO missile defense base. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was among the guests of the event. But the main participants in the ceremony were generals from the United States. After all, it was America, the main member of NATO, that deployed its new missile defense system here.
Another similar event was held this spring in Poland, in the village of Redzikowo. And there are more than 400 similar military bases of the Alliance around Russia today. The United States explains the constant approach of its missile defense systems to our borders by the alleged need to protect the European continent. And at the same time they assure that these systems are only defensive and in no way offensive. For example, the latest anti-missile defense system that the United States has installed in Romania. It is called Aegis Ashor. This steel ground structure, four stories high and weighing about 900 tons, is capable of detecting and attacking 20 targets at once at a distance of up to two hundred kilometers.
Combat aircraft, which are increasingly appearing at air bases right at our western borders, can become another offensive weapon. For example, the Emari air base in Estonia is literally teeming with combat aircraft: on the runway there are dozens of A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft designed to fight tanks and ground targets, air tankers, stealth fighters F-22 Raptor, which are capable of breaking through any air defense system. All this allows us to consider "Emari" one of the most serious threats to Russia, because NATO combat aircraft from here to St. Petersburg - a little more than five minutes of flight, and to Moscow - no more than half an hour.
And precisely in order to prevent an air blitzkrieg, a unique three-tier air defense system has been created in Russia. It includes long-range, medium-range and short-range air defense systems. The first line of defense is the long-range S-300, S-400 and S-500 systems, as well as the interceptor missiles of the Russian missile defense system, capable of reaching targets outside the atmosphere.
In a fraction of a second, the Russian A-135 Dnepr, which received the name Gazelle in NATO, will take off from the mine to intercept the target. At an altitude of 370 kilometers and a range of up to 800 hundred kilometers, it is capable of destroying any aircraft: from aircraft to maneuvering warheads of American ballistic missiles. Such missiles form the basis of Moscow's anti-missile defense system and are capable of shooting down more than 50 warheads on approach to the capital in the event of a nuclear attack.
But even if we imagine that some enemy missile remains unshot down by the Gazelle, it will be met and destroyed by the S-400 Triumph long-range complex. It is capable of simultaneously attacking 36 enemy aircraft at once. This is 4 times more than the capabilities of American air defense systems of this class. The flight range of the Patriot missiles is only 170 kilometers, while that of the S-400 is 400 km. In addition, the Patriot transmits target data for as long as 90 seconds, which is almost 10 times more than the S-400. This means that the Patriot simply will not have time to react to the danger. The Patriot also has big problems with intercepting low-flying targets - the minimum height of destruction is 60 meters. This is 6 times more than the Russian S-400, which can simultaneously destroy 12 aircraft even in the stratosphere.
But most importantly, the Russian missile defense system is built in such a way that the zones of destruction of anti-aircraft missile systems overlap each other, leaving no chance for the target. For example, the S-400 long-range complex is complemented by the Buk medium-range complexes and the Tor short-range air defense systems, capable of destroying the most difficult targets - those that fly at extremely low altitude. At the same time, Thor is able to fire from the march, moving at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour - this makes him indispensable when escorting transport convoys and protecting them from enemy aircraft.
The Americans simply do not have such medium-range air defense systems - the Pentagon decided to take a different path - creating laser weapons. The project was predicted to have a bright future - exceptional accuracy, efficiency and, most importantly, low cost. Since 1989, the United States has invested more than two billion dollars annually in laser development. The United States spent 26 years and about sixty billion dollars on the development of the laser, but it suddenly turned out that the laser hits only one and a half kilometers.
Today, Russian air defense systems - Pantsir, S-400 Triumph and the latest modifications of the S-300 Antey are on combat duty in Syria. And it was precisely the fear of them that prevented the US Air Force from carrying out the scenario according to which the events in Yugoslavia developed.