May 27, 2004 :: Geostrategy-Direct :: News
Russia continues to market two new forms of missile defense systems to the Mideast, the S-400 Triumf, and the Buk-1M1-2 (SA-11), reports Geostrategy-direct.
The S-400, previously offered to several other countries, is claimed by its manufacturer, Almaz, to be the most effective missile defense system in the world, superior to the United States’ own PAC-3 system. The S-400 has a range of 400km, and its early warning radar is said to relay data to the interceptors in electromagnetic silence, which is useful to avoid itself being targeted. Russia is now offering the S-400 to the United Arab Emirates.
A version of the Buk defense system (also known as SA-11 or Gadfly) is capable of intercepting aircraft, cruise missiles, and some short range ballistic missiles. In a statement by Buk’s manufacturer, the Russian Rosoboronexport company, said that
This is the only anti-aircraft missile system of medium range in the world, which is capable of destroying in unfriendly environment of radio and fire countermeasures not only aircraft of strategic and tactical aviation, helicopters and cruise missiles, but also tactical ballistic and aircraft missiles, including antiradar, destroying elements of high-precision weapons as well as surface and ground targets”
The Buk is also marketed in Europe. (Article)
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