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To: pabianice

And how does the installation operate after say a cruise missile?


2 posted on 06/04/2014 1:28:46 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

“And how does the installation operate after say a cruise missile?”

The Russians claim that the new anti-air system they installed in Syria can take out cruise missiles and low flying F-16’s. It seems that both would be very hard targets. But the Israelis have not struck the new nuclear reactor that has been constructed near the old one they struck. (Either it isn’t finished due to he war or the missiles can indeed do the job.)

Israeli strikes in Syria have been by glide-bombs launched at very high altitude inside Lebanon. So, either the Israelis have decided the system works as advertised or they simply don’t want to take any risks. Also, the glide bombs have been more than adequate for trikes 100 miles inside Syria.

The point is, new technology around high value targets could, potentially, have negated much of the value of the current (slow and non-stealth) cruise missiles.


7 posted on 06/04/2014 1:42:55 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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