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Ukraine likely destroyed 3 of Russia's prized S-400 missile systems worth $1.5 billion, weakening its air defenses, says UK intel (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Ulara@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] intelisense@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Prep work for the F-16s, I think...

[-] dyslexicjedi@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was exactly my thoughts too. Attack air defense while you train with F-16 so you can try to establish air dominance when they are ready.

[-] flying_monkies@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder if the pilots are getting SEAD training with an eye towards future support packages including HARM. The platform is the wildest of weasels.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

So, public information sources point to about 50 total battalions of S-400s that are operated by Russia. Each battalion has about 8 launchers and all of the associated support hardware.

Given that Russia has a nasty habit of overinflating just about anything that can have an associated number attached to it, it wouldn't surprise me if the total number of operational battalions are less than half of that and the capabilities being at a similar level of dysfunction.

Sandboxx has always seems to be a good source for additional information as well: https://www.sandboxx.us/news/the-s-400-myth-why-russias-air-defense-prowess-is-exaggerated/