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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. S-300 family NATO reporting name: SA-10 Grumble, SA-12 Giant/Gladiator, SA-20 Gargoyle, SA-N-6 Grumble, SA-N-20 Gargoyle S-300 air defense system at the 2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade rehearsal, Red Square, 28 April 2009. Type Long-range surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile system Place of ...
When surface-to-air missiles were introduced into the Air Defence Forces between 1958 and 1959, four Air Defence Brigades of Special Designation were formed in the army: the 82nd, 83rd, 84th, and 86th, equipped with S-75 Dvina missiles. These brigades were planned to be controlled by a coordinated missile defence system forming a ring around ...
The S-300VM "Antey-2500" (Russian: С-300ВМ Антеӣ-2500, NATO reporting name SA-23 Gladiator/Giant) is a Russian anti-ballistic missile system. The system is designed to target short- and medium-range ballistic missiles , aeroballistic missiles , cruise missiles , fixed-wing aircraft, loitering ECM platforms, and precision-guided munitions .
The Russian Air Force, like the Soviet Air Forces before them, has the aviation regiment as its basic organisational unit. This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 7, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
A viral social media post claims that Ukraine recently fired U.S.-made missiles at Russia, accompanied by a video purportedly showing the aftermath of such an attack. Verdict: Misleading While ...
The decision was in response to the new Russian "Oreshnik" missile, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said. In 2024, 30% of Ukraine's military gear was made in the country, according to President Zelenskyy.
The PVO gained an important victory on May 1, 1960, when a S-75 Dvina missile downed Gary Powers's U-2, causing the short U-2 crisis of 1960. (See Strategic Air Command#Strategic Reconnaissance) Soviet Air Defence Forces surface-to-air missiles. The PVO had its own chain of command, schools, radar and sound director sites.
Ukraine's military said on Wednesday it struck an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system based in Russia's southern Rostov region overnight. Kyiv's General Staff said the attack took place near the ...