Why to burn fuel to move a Blackjack just to fake a video? Stupid behavior. I will go to the Tu-160 too. Its cargo capacity certainly allow it and much more. In the other hand the Russian bomb is not as political propaganda as it was MOAB. Remember, it was showed just a few days before the invasion to Iraq.

How do fit the 64N6 Big Bird radar in this system? Apparently it is not considered into the S-400, so it was limited to be the surveillance radar on the Favorit system.

So, we will no see a 9M82M guided by a Tomb-Stone. Uppps!! 🙁 I looked like a great idea.

Gentlemen, Please, take a look of this paragraph

It is possible that the 40N6 may never be deployed. Almaz began work on an S-500, described in September 2002 as an improvement of the Phase 2 S-400, with new missiles and radar. As of 2007 it appeared that the merged Antey-Almaz was working on the S-500 Samoderzhets (Autocrat) system, that will include elements from both the S-400 system and the long range S-300VM (Antey 2500).

Extracted from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/s-400.htm
Mr Pike didn’t elaborated anymore, nor references cited.
On the other hand, reports about testing of “nonamed” hypersonic missiles (speeds about 3 km/s) and interceptions around 50 km sometimes appear, so there is something in development but this may not be the original “big missile”. :confused:

Imagine a fictional scenario like ie. North Korean missiles launched to Vladivostok. I mean in a pure anti SRBM scenario.
Which one will be better to intercept a Scud type missile? A 9M83-Gladiator or A 48N6 Growler? Supposedly the first have a terminal speed of 1.7 km/s and the second a speed above 2 km/s. The advantage of the first might be a higher acceleration.

The missiles are part of the system and have also completed testing (the 40N6 is the one we’re waiting for), but there’s probably no need at this time to actually fit the 9M96s to the Moscow TELs.

Why not? 9M96 missiles are cheaper lighter and more agile. In such a case, the Triumph already deployed is no more than an “improved Favorit”.

A SS-N-18 was successfully tested today. See RIAN.