WolfPack86
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Is it true that Russia reduce cost of India S-400 deal by 10,000 cr?.
I agree to your point. Russians though are saying that they have not activated their air defence systems. This makes me assume that Russians and Syrians cooperated with Trump, so that he can gain political mileage.No one said it was MoD, the link I posted said Russian ambassador said it. Anyway, distance of strikes from S-400.
Couldn't go over Lebanon so the only way to get there is through Russian AD.
Did the S-400 fail to detect or were the missiles not fired on purpose? I wonder where the truth lies.S-400 failed to detect the stealthy Scalp cruise missiles made by France even when they were flying right by and falling near S-400 batteries.
Based on the threats made by the Russian ambassador before and Putin's image as the strong man who always stands up to US aggression it makes him look weak on the international stage. That is certainly not the image he wants to project of Russia as the counter weight to US hegemony. Perhaps he was planning to shoot them down but his AD commander said the tracks were not good enough to guarantee kills and it would make S-400 look like even worse than the Patriot scandal of past years. Or he may not have seen them coming at all. He chose to make it look like he was backing down but I think he would have obliterated those missiles if he could. It would make his S-400 sell like hot cakes and makes him look strong which is the image he wants to project.Did the S-400 fail to detect or were the missiles not fired on purpose? I wonder where the truth lies.
Based on the threats made by the Russian ambassador before and Putin's image as the strong man who always stands up to US aggression it makes him look weak on the international stage. That is certainly not the image he wants to project of Russia as the counter weight to US hegemony. Perhaps he was planning to shoot them down but his AD commander said the tracks were not good enough to guarantee kills and it would make S-400 look like even worse than the Patriot scandal of past years. Or he may not have seen them coming at all. He chose to make it look like he was backing down but I think he would have obliterated those missiles if he could. It would make his S-400 sell like hot cakes and makes him look strong which is the image he wants to project.
The target was an " alleged" chemical weapons and research factory. Even the Syrian Lead doesnt seem to care much about the attack and is downplaying the "incident".Shooting down a missile isn't provocative at all, it is self defence and Russia had every right to do it. Going after the launch platforms as they threatened would have been provocative. Russia should have shot down everything coming towards them, but they didn't, because they couldn't.
Russians have taken mucho money from India for various half fulfilled pledge on products and services.Is it true that Russia reduce cost of India S-400 deal by 10,000 cr?.
Well, reading the Russians MoD briefing it looks like they have either not deployed the S-400 in Syria or weren't used.The target was an " alleged" chemical weapons and research factory. Even the Syrian Lead doesnt seem to care much about the attack and is downplaying the "incident".
This act should not be taken as a PROOF of a Russian Equipment failure but rather a calculated political move by Russia which will be paid somewhere else with a nice cup of tea or diplomatic nudging or an intel failure with political repercussions for USA. The game board is huge anyway.
What if Russians are not falling for the baits the USA is pushing towards it for exposing the elements of technicalities of S-400.
BTW, it was an alleged empty building that got destroyed.
What if the cost of interception is stupid...trying to protect empty buildings and "strategic locations " chosen by the CIA, who was very clear in the past with all the locations of WMDs in Iraq.
But its nice to see some western propaganda against the S-400. Well!!! there is no surprise on it.
Unless there is an evidence of S-400 actually in the war failing to meet its expected outcome, we cannot say its a failed equipment.
S-400 is branded as the very best by Russia for the international markets and Russians...them boys dont care about the Branding fanfare like some west or central.
If Russians are not firing up their S-400s for jujoobi reasons....USA and NATO should be worried when push comes to shove.
If it was set up that way we wouldn't have come in with a force projection capable of fending off a retaliatory strike and the Astute could have reached it's firing position without worrying about Russians sinking it.The S-400 was switched off, it's obvious the strike was set-up that way with US and Russian understanding
Operation Opera was against Iraq on a reactor that was purchased in 1976, before Saddam had come to power. The Russians were given forewarning of an attack so there is no way they were caught sleeping.Well it could be the case where owing to some issue AD was not working to its full potential a possible breakdown or maintenance issue. It might also be an act of laziness on part of whomsoever was tasked to operate AD system or part of it, history has such instances ...i could remember when Israel did a surgical strike to take out Nuclear Plant (which was constructed of course with help of two faced France ) Operation Opera" or whatever was the name AD battery radar were switched off and not a single shot was aimed at F16 despite having credible AD defense....But it may be far from truth which is not known to anybody debating here.
Now who would have thought that the French would do that. We all expect the French to surrender.But then again, even the Russians admit they could not detect the French at all.
I guess you didn't hear that they took the white flag out of the RCIR when we got nukes.Now who would have thought that the French would do that. We all expect the French to surrender.
Well, reading the Russians MoD briefing it looks like they have either not deployed the S-400 in Syria or weren't used.
Check out the MoD briefing by Russia in my post #25 above. It seems they had used only the S-125, S-200, Buk, Kvadrat, and Osa Syrian AD systems.