Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Great video of two storm shadow/scalps flying directly over an s400 battery on the way to the Crimean airfield

Just pure lol.

State of Russian AD.

Maybe the Ukrainians should change targets, instead of hitting Russian Generals start wiping out the air defences of Russia, this will make the F-16 more effective.

No news of the GLSDB usage yet?
 
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Just pure lol.

State of Russian AD.
While it's funny, it should be noted that the S-400 is not an anti-cruise missile battery. Not all of the missiles they use can actually hit cruise missiles and even if they had been loaded with ones that can their radar only has a ~30KM detection limit for cruise missiles due to how low they fly (and would have needed to be sent data from another source such as an AWACS or another SAM unit in order to engage).

Obviously the fact they weren't getting data that would have let them shoot at them (assuming they had capable missiles) and they didn't appear to be guarded by other AA units capable of defending the S-400 form cruise missiles, reflects badly on Russia.
 
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While it's funny, it should be noted that the S-400 is not an anti-cruise missile battery. Not all of the missiles they use can actually hit cruise missiles and even if they had been loaded with ones that can their radar only has a ~30KM detection limit for cruise missiles due to how low they fly (and would have needed to be sent data from another source such as an AWACS or another SAM unit in order to engage).

Obviously the fact they weren't getting data that would have let them shoot at them (assuming they had capable missiles) and they didn't appear to be guarded by other AA units capable of defending the S-400 form cruise missiles, reflects badly on Russia.

In theory though the S-400 should be used as part of a multi-layered defence or it just becomes a target itself, or in this case so ineffective they just fly right over it :s
 
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