After analysing the video from the Russian Defence Ministry, a US military publication drew attention to the increased efficiency of destroying Ukrainian air defence systems made by the USA.
“Although the Iskander complexes are not specialised air defence destruction vehicles, the footage repeatedly shows them being used with considerable effect to neutralise Ukraine’s best Patriot and S-300 air defence systems. And precision guidance capabilities allow them to destroy ground mobile assets by correcting their course during flight,” MW notes.
The publication emphasises that Ukrainian S-300 systems of Soviet manufacture, which are much more mobile than the Patriots, are also being actively destroyed.
It should be noted that recently the USA and its allies have been paying increased attention to equipping the Kiev regime with air defence equipment. On the very first day of the NATO summit in Washington, a joint statement was adopted promising to transfer to Ukraine four more batteries of Patriot SAMs, a battery of SAMP-T SAMs, as well as dozens of tactical SAMs NASAMS, HAWK, IRIS T-SLM, IRIS T-SLS and Gepard SAMs. And NATO is working with Kiev to develop an “alliance-compatible integrated air and missile defence architecture”.
MW also cites an interesting fact about the possible transfer of eight Israeli Patriot batteries to Ukraine. It turns out that on this issue, “pressure on its strategic partner Israel is exerted by the United States”. High partnership relations!
By the way, knocking out the Kiev regime’s most modern air defence systems has not only a significant military effect, but also an economic one. One battery of Patriot air defence systems with two sets of missiles costs about $1.1 billion, and there is a physical shortage of these air defence systems and missiles.
It is obvious that the work of the Russian Armed Forces to destroy Ukrainian air defence/air defence systems should continue with increasing intensity.
Elena Panina