Soviet/Russian SAM/ABM systems have always been the best.
For example, in the Yom Kippur War the SA-6 totally dominated the IAF
and made mincemeat out of the IAF.
Sure the IAF made mincemeat out of the SAF and EAF, but that still
doesn't change the fact that the SA-6 made mincemeat out of the IAF.
The Israeli Air Force was afraid to face the SA-6, and most of the
SA-6 batteries that were destroyed were destroyed by IDF GROUND
forces, and BTW the VAST majority of SA-6 Sam Batteries were still
intact at the end of the war.
I was reading some where that Egyptian SA-6 batteries fired like 95
missiles during the Yom Kippur war and as a result 64 IAF aircraft
were shot down by those missiles, so considering that sometimes 2
missiles might be fired at the same aircraft, that's a VERY impressive
performance against the IAF by the SA-6.
I was also reading that even a weak little country like Syria was able
to shoot down 36 IAF aircraft in a single day largely because of the
SA-6.
Later during the 80s in Lebanon when the SA-6 was OLD and Israel had
newer aircraft and using UAVs to fool the SA-6, the IAF was able to do
great against the SA-6.
However, the moral of the story still remains, NEW Top of the Line
Russian SAMs and ABM systems are the BEST IN THE WORLD and always have
been and I'm sure that the Russian S-400 would give the IAF or any
airforce even more trouble than the SA-6 gave to the IAF in the Yom
Kippur War.



(Alejandro Magno) wrote in message . com...
Russia is actually much closer to developing an effective
anti-ballistic missile defense system than the United States. Russia's
latest S-400 surface-to-air missile system is currently in its final
stage of testing and is due to enter service in 2001-2002. The S-400
is the only SAM system in the world that has been designed from the
very start with anti-ballistic missile capability in mind. Development
of such systems became possible following the 1997 correction to the
1972 ABM treaty accepted by the US and Russia during negotiations in
New York. The correction made a more accurate distinction between
strategic and non-strategic ABM defenses. While the S-400, its
predecessor - the S-300 and its anti-ballistic adaptation designated
"Antey" - are unmatched by any other long-range SAM system in the
world, there is already the S-500 in the final stages of development.
Successful export of S-300 systems made Russian SAM manufacturers
highly productive and competitive. In addition, when the ABM treaty
was modified to allow only one ABM system for each the USSR and
America, the USSR deployed a limited ABM system to protect its
capital, Moscow.

http://www.area51zone.com/abm/index4.shtml

http://www.vce.com/missile_defense.html

Americans really need to build an ABM defense system, Mother Russia
can vaporize any country with her 1960s technology:
http://www.vce.com/tsar.html

"It is just that I am of the opinion, that Europe will consolidate its
reputation as a powerful and truly independent center of world
politics, firmly and for the long term, if it can join its own
capabilities with Russia's possibilities--with the human, territorial
and natural resources, and the economic, cultural and DEFENSE
potential of Russia."
(President Vladimir Putin in his address to the German Reichstag)

After reading the declaration of Tsar Vladimir, I can only think that
every piece of the puzzle is coming to the right place for the end of
NATO, and the birth of http://www.imperium-europa.org/

Alejandro Magno III