Ukraine’s SBU destroyed four S-400 launchers and two key radars in Novorossiysk, creating new gaps in Russia’s air defenses during a coordinated overnight strike with HUR and SSO.
This is a big win. S-400 are difficult to replace strategic assets. Hopefully this opens up future holes in Russian air defense as they scramble to replace the missing pieces.
They hit 2 radars. The most expensive part of the system. Makes the rest of the launchers in the system unusable until the radars are repaired or replaced.
Pretty much every one of these that goes down will do that. The only question is, is the hole anywhere near the front, or is Russia opening their rear to an attack of opportunity from another country.
Like which country would do that? Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan? China won’t, because they own Russia already. They’d actually start defending Russia, to protect their own interests.
Also attacking Russia might be the fastest way to find out if their nuclear arsenal is working or not. They cannot use nukes in Ukraine because of NATO, but I’m not sure if they would have the same concerns if say Kazakhstan tried anything.
This is a big win. S-400 are difficult to replace strategic assets. Hopefully this opens up future holes in Russian air defense as they scramble to replace the missing pieces.
They hit 2 radars. The most expensive part of the system. Makes the rest of the launchers in the system unusable until the radars are repaired or replaced.
Pretty much every one of these that goes down will do that. The only question is, is the hole anywhere near the front, or is Russia opening their rear to an attack of opportunity from another country.
Like which country would do that? Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan? China won’t, because they own Russia already. They’d actually start defending Russia, to protect their own interests.
Also attacking Russia might be the fastest way to find out if their nuclear arsenal is working or not. They cannot use nukes in Ukraine because of NATO, but I’m not sure if they would have the same concerns if say Kazakhstan tried anything.