The SAM was retrieved and neutralized and then shipped to Russia, to give Russian engineers an opportunity to study the advanced…
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- DronesMilitary Aviation
Russia Claims to have Shot Down More than 100 Terrorists’ Drones near Hmeymim Air Base over Past two Years
by Dario LeoneThanks to S-400, Tor-M2 and Pantsyr-S1 capabilities the Russian military at Hmeymim can strike all types of air targets at a…
- Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
60 Years Ago Today, the Surface-To-Air Missile Scored the First Ever Successful Shoot-Down of an Aircraft
by Dario LeoneOn Oct. 7, 1959 an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile was fired by China’s People’s Liberation Army 2nd surface-to-air missile battalion and…
- Military AviationWeapons
Iran says its new Bavar-373 Long-Range Air Defense System Can Shoot Down F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters
by Dario LeoneThe Iranian Bavar-373 not only competes with the S-400 but is effective against stealth aircraft such as F-22 and F-35 fighters.…
- Cold War EraMilitary AviationWeapons
Reflections of a “Thud” Weasel on the Massive AGM-78 Standard Anti-Radiation Missile
by Dario Leone“At any rate, I had the technical representative, Bill Barbari, swear to me on a stack of Bibles that the AGM-78…
- Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Capt Dale Snodgrass Wingman remembers Snort’s Close Call with an Iraqi SAM during Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone“I was just a young pilot; Snodgrass was the best pilot in our rank … And when I saw the two…
- Military AviationWeapons
Turkey kicked out of F-35 program because it’s Purchasing S-400. But Greece and other NATO Countries already have Russian Surface to Air Missile Systems that are Part of Alliance’s Shared Missile Defense.
by Dario LeoneNATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that the S-400 system could not become part of alliance’s shared missile defense. The Trump…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationWeapons
Here’s how Houthis were able to deploy R-27/R-60/R-73/R-77 Air-to-Air Missiles as SAMs against Saudi-led Coalition Aircraft
by Dario LeoneWhether any of the missiles fired by Houthis actually scored a hit remains unclear. Released by the Houthi-controlled media on Jan.…
- Military Aviation
Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir takes part in First Joint Exercise with Service’s F-15 and F-16
by Dario Leone“We’re not going to adjust the ‘Adir’ (F-35I) according to the air force – we’re going to adjust the air force…
- Military Aviation
USAF Deploys F-22 Raptors to Qatar for first time Amid Tensions with Iran
by Dario LeoneThe likely mission of the F-22 Raptors in the event of full-scale hostilities with Iran would be targeting Tehran’s surface-to-air missile…
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