Austin.
Yes, supposedly, “Gorgons” have been retired and “Gazelles” have been refitted with a new software that allow interceptions with conventional warheads. A months ago a RIA Novosty article claimed that Don-2NP will work as centrepiece of a new “air-space defence architecture” and that will “collaborate” with S-400 to down warheads in the terminal phase (I will search for it). So, we can assume that “conventional Gazelles” are working as a transition bridge to this “new architecture”.

Hey guys.
Take a look of the F-22 frontal section. It looks rather conventional with some stealth geometry, by any way a conventional fighter. How it can have achieved the stated extremely low RCS with this frontal view?. I assume a massive use of very advanced RAM.
Note that the intakes are separated from the fuselage. Don’t this magnify the radar eco?

http://img459.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1183102gs7.jpg

I did state in another thread that the best solution to the Russian issue is a joint network, incorporating Russia’s BMEW assets.

May be! The problem is that most Russian LPAR look at the west and USA, except the one on Gabala (likely to be closed soon ) and the new Voronezh-DM in Armavir. I.e. how can work for USA the LPAR located in Pechora.

Wrong answer. A missile flying from a silo in northwest Iran that is targeted on Washington, DC will fly right over Poland, even after you take RE drift into account.

So, Iranians not only will have ICBM by 2011. They will have also awesome MARV warheads. Considering that the parallel that cut Poland cult also Quebec, its MARV capability will be fabulous!! It will travel northwest and then re-drift south-west to go to Washigton DC. May be the Russians should stop develop MARV warheads and should buy such an advanced and incredible Iranian warhead. 😀

Can someone explain why small missiles 9M96E2 have bigger ceilings (30.000 m) than medium missiles (25.000 m)? This is inverse to ranges (120 km for 9M96E2 vs 250 km for 48N6DM)

Better gas-dynamics control maybe?

TELs seems to be for 48N6 type missiles. If they belong to S-400 they should transport 48N6 variant DM. Strangely no pics referred to TEL transporting 9M96E and 9M96E2 small missiles (up to 16 per truck).

40N6 “big missile” supposedly will be added during 2008.

Look at this:

http://www.dtig.org/docs/Bulava.pdf

It can be seen that “configuration 2” have 6 to 10 MIRV to a range of 6.500 km. It seems as a “SS-20 on steroids”. So, if land deployed, this configuration will have similar missions. Note that the weight of both systems are quite similar (35 tn vs 37 tn).
Off-course all depends on a successful completion of the Bulava program. If the things continue like now (remember the 3 last failures), the “two-stage-Topol-m” seems as an unavoidable interim solution and the INF will be definitively dead.