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To: SpeedyInTexas

The S-200 does have the potential range to reach out 300+ km. Back in 2001, Ukraine was conducting a live fire exercise. Both an S-200 and S-300 battery engaged a drone, with the S-300 missile destroying the target. The S-200 continued past the destroyed target and locked onto a Russian TU-154 passenger aircraft and destroyed it at a range of 300+ km, 250 km PAST the drone target.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812

Still, Russian forces should have known of the missile launch and been able to employ countermeasures or just turn around and run.


1,388 posted on 04/19/2024 4:36:16 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: PIF

“Kardymovo, Smolensk region. UAV arrival at the refinery. 290 km from the borders of Ukraine.”

https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1781533490082689403


1,389 posted on 04/19/2024 9:39:20 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Defeat the Pro-RuZZia wing of the Republican Party)
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