Why the US isn't scared of Russia's S-400
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Published 2022-08-12
With the ability to leverage a variety of missiles to engage different air threats, an engagement range of nearly 250 miles, and widely praised counter-stealth capabilities, the S-400 has gained a reputation as one of the few systems capable of countering America’s air-dominance approach to warfare.
But is that actually true?
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Further Reading
Full S-400 Analysis: www.sandboxx.us/blog/the-s-400-myth-why-russias-ai…
How Russia’s warfare doctrine is failing in Ukraine: www.sandboxx.us/blog/how-russias-warfare-doctrine-…
Hypersonic missiles and missile defense: www.sandboxx.us/blog/hypersonic-hype-overestimates…
Tracking stealth on radar: www.sandboxx.us/blog/americas-enemies-can-track-st…
AARGM-ER: www.sandboxx.us/blog/the-navys-new-missile-could-m…
Rapid Dragon: www.sandboxx.us/blog/rapid-dragon-turning-americas…
Citations:
Missile Defense: www.rand.org/natsec_area/products/missiledefense.h…
S-400 development: missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/s-400-triumf/
S-400 EW countermeasures: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep11662.pdf?refreqid=…
RCS figures: faculty.nps.edu/jenn/ec4630/rcsredux.pdf
S-400 Hellenic Air Force assessment: www.researchgate.net/publication/259503614_Low_Obs…
20 miles targeting envelope: aviationweek.com/defense-space/sensors-electronic-…
Russian military doctrine: sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF11625.pdf
S-400 cruise missile vulnerability: www.rand.org/blog/2020/05/russian-s-400-surface-to…
Geographical features as a limitation: worldview.stratfor.com/article/why-s-400-s400-miss…
Russian S-400 tests: www.nti.org/analysis/articles/global-missile-defen…
S-400 in Syria: www.rferl.org/a/weher-was-the-s-300-s-400-missile-…
Pakistani Air Forse S-400 assessment: www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/2743…
All Comments (21)
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The S400 was hyped every bit as much as the rest of Russia's capabilities.
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A lot of these "Stealth is useless" arguments start with the assumption that the F-22 is flying at 30,000 feet in a straight line all by itself and has no countermeasures. Its just up there relying on nothing but stealth and good looks
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With Russian equipment, you need to talk about 2 versions... the version that is complete and properly maintained and crewed, and the version that is missing pieces and not maintained at all with horrible crews. While on paper its a somewhat scarry plane, the reality is far closer to the 2nd version. It doesn't matter how great it should be if its missing important parts, rusting, and run by crews that have no experience and lacking training.
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Very informative. Your assessments on air power is great and best of all true. Thank you Alex
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It's always best to assume the enemy's weapon is more capable than it actually is. Preparing for the absolute worst would allow us to curbstomp them if there actually was a conflict and their equipment doesn't live up to expectations.
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No matter how good the system is it's only as good as its operators... and we've seen how good Russia has been training its forces in real time lately
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Mike Tyson : "Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the mouth"
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$500 drone has entered the chat...
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I was expecting another robot-voiced defence industry video mill, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the video. I enjoyed learning about some of the technical details are how radar systems and stealth technology work. Great work!
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As a retired f18 guy with a side specialty in EW I was impressed by the quality of your video and tactical discussion. Well done. I subscribed.
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Extremely well done well-researched without bias Semper Fi
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Alex, Thank you for your service.
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Alex ! First time seeing your material on YouTube and I just wanted to send kudos your way! I sincerely appreciate the manner you cover the subject matter. I personally enjoy folks quoting credible resources. Not to mention the way you handle unavailable information. Honestly for me it genuinely validates your view point specially for a curious viewer on the subject matter. Nicely done!
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Another issue that has arisen from Ukraine is the ability of Russia to operate their own fighters in conjunction with their IADs due to fratricide and deconfliction issues.
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Just wanna say thanks sooo much for your service an your friend’s service as well
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That is quality content! I realize I’m not an expert but ur presentation included a lot of information! Thanks
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Not to mention the use of electronic countermeasures that give false radar returns to basically trick the enemy into wasting their missiles on aircraft that do not really exist would also render most of these counter-measures ineffective against an attack by the US.
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As always, I love and look forward to your videos. I found out about your channel from watching Ward Carrol, as he mentioned you have interesting and accurate content without the BS or politics. Thank you!!!
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RECENTLY, SEPTEMBER OF 2023, A RUSSIAN S-400 WAS DESTROYED WHILE A DRONE LITERALLY HOVERED ABOVE IT TO RECORD THE STRIKE. S400 IS WAY OVERHYPED.
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Never mind the missle syst.Thank you for your service to a FREE and grateful nation.
