Whats the whinge about the Missile Defence site now?. Isnt there 5 brigades of heavy rocket artillery just waiting to flatten the installation if it looks at Russia even slightly funny?.

Presumably a Tu-160 squadrons worth of Kh-55’s would be sufficient to saturate any US defences on the site and blast it into tiny pieces all from very comfortably within Russian airspace.

If the site is, as the US (and several very good mathematical laws) state, intended to deter Iranian IRBM/ICBM development and deployment it is no threat to the good old Rodina. If it is intended to defeat a massive Russian nuclear first strike on the US (with a dozen interceptors nowhere near the course track for Russian ICBM’s heading to the US) it can be easily flattened early in the tactical escalation phase.

Hard to see quite what Russia’s problem is here?

Nothing complicated about getting a bunch of SS-26 in Kaliningrad and a bunch of space or ground jammers that can be used if the need be.

Kh-35 is about 4,2m long and folds up nice and compact…

It’s not really the kind of weapon that’s a big threat to anything but a pirate boat 😛

To engage a ship I’d probably load up the Kh-58 as well 😉

Or use something that’s not an air-superiority asset which makes more sense altogether 🙂

A naval S-400 variant should be top of the line for air defense, probably better than anything the US fields at the moment assuming you can get in the mix of long range and medium range missiles.

A mix of Kashtan and Kinzhal would prove to be excellent for close range defenses.

“Skinny fire” = reduced afterburner IRS?

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The cruiser is 96 % ready but has passed no sea trials yet and has not been fitted with missile systems. About $30 million is needed to complete its construction.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081021/117856931.html

I wonder how much the entire ship would cost Russia?

Its called being paranoia………like a simple drawing or picture is going to give away state secrets. Just like the politics of the cold war of years past……both countries have a long ways to go.:(

Yeah and the US is perfect LOL right? Or close? Delusion!

Having been to all 3 countries in question, I can tell you neither place is really better than the other. Have you ever stepped foot out of the US?

State secrets are just that. Actually gives Sukhoi a longer competitive edge too. LM and Raytheon won’t have a clue that’s coming their way.

So are you pulling that figure of 80-100 Su-35s out of thin air, or is there a link showing that to be the case? If the IRBIS is the most capable, why isn’t the PAK FA going to use it, rather than the AESA system? I wouldn’t expect Sukhoi to advertise to potential customers that the IRBIS is the 3rd best radar in the world, in terms of getting sales. Of course they’re gonna say it’s the best.

Why are you arguing with no data?

You clearly don’t know a thing about the APG-77 and IRBIS.

And if you did some research, you’d probably notice there’ no real data for either anyway, except some numbers for IRBIS.

All this talk is worthless, there’s no way to know which is better. and AESA > PESA doesn’t cut it at all.