The latest Russian missiles are too tough for the American missile defense system
Modern Russian missile weapons nullify the American air defense system. Russia's previously presented hypersonic weapons fundamentally change the balance of power and allow it to shoot down American missiles at the launch stage.
The former head of the Israeli intelligence service Nativ, military expert Yakov Kedmi, stated this on the Internet channel Iton Tv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The new Yars and Sarmat missiles, their hypersonic missiles and warheads like Avangard are something that the United States does not have. This is something that the United States is partially beginning to develop. They are not talking about strategic and hypersonic missiles yet. And try to design something like the Avangard, although with less tactical and technical data they only talk and do not design.
Moreover, what Putin said, the meaning is not just that this is a new missile for destroying sea targets, that he means “Zircon”, and it’s not just that he says S-500. The S-500 fundamentally changes the strategic balance between the United States and Russia. This is a missile that can destroy a satellite, this is a missile that can destroy hypersonic missiles at up to six speeds of sound, this is a missile that can be installed anywhere, including on offshore platforms. This means that the Russian fleet is given the ability to shoot down American ballistic missiles either on takeoff or on descent.
This is a missile that could nullify America's aircraft-based strategic forces. Ships at sea with these missiles will simply be shot down by American ones, which will fly with nuclear missiles towards Russia. And it doesn’t matter what kind of planes it will be...
The United States missile defense system is built on a sea-based platform rather than a land-based one. That is, Russian ballistic missiles should be shot down from Aegis sea platforms. And Zircon must destroy them before that. And it’s easier for him to do this, because today there are no weapons against the Zircon missile, and the United States does not have the ability to resist hypersonic weapons. The entire missile defense system is outdated, which was built in the United States; it is unable to fight hypersonic missiles. Not only with Avangard, but even with missiles such as Kinzhal, Zircon...
The strategic balance between Russia and the United States is reaching a whole new level. When the United States missile defense system is practically almost zeroed out. And they pose a huge threat to the US Navy, both strategic and those that provide missile defense. And this is a completely different order,” Kedmi said.
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