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Russia's Lethal S-400 Air Defense System

on Their Way ... S-400 Triumph

- SA-21 Growler

Over the past couple of months I've been watching with amusement as the West [Usrael and its allies] have been thrashing around, trying to come up with an appropriate and effective response to Putin's March 1st 2018 speech.  This is the speech where he made the stunning announcement that, due to several new and unprecedented weapons, invented and built by Russians...the "arms race" which had been going on for decades since WWII...was effectively over.  Putin declared Russia the winner and said that the West would not be able to produce comparable weapons for some years and, by the time they did, Russia would already have new weapons.  Yes, folks this was a truly historic moment...but since the West owns the media...90% of sheeple in the West don't even know about it.  One could argue that this "Knowledge Defense System" (TM) operated by the western M$M is the perps' most effective weapon.  It's just too bad it's aimed at their own population...not the "enemy" population.

But that's not the funny part.  Here's the funny part.  It's all about ONE of the Russian weapons that far supercedes anything the West has.  This weapon is the S-400 long range missile defense system.  Please view the video above and read the descriptions of this system below taken from "Business Insider" and I will have further comments to follow:

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"The S-400 Triumf, which NATO calls the SA-21 Growler, is a fourth-generation long-range missile-defense system that Russia began developing in 1993.
It's capable of taking out aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles in the terminal phase.
However, it does not have hit-to-kill ballistic-missile-defense technology, which means it can't physically collide with incoming warheads. The S-400 has a range of about 150 miles to 249 miles.
On the low end of that range are the 48N6 missiles, which have 315-pound fragmentation warheads and can also hit ballistic missiles across a 37-mile radius. On the high end of that range are the 40N6 missiles, but their deployment and true capabilities are unknown. The S-400's radar can detect targets up to about 373 miles away. S-400s are currently deployed in Kaliningrad, Syria, and Crimea.

The CSIS map above shows where Russia's and
NATO's air-defense systems are deployed. Russian
systems are the orange circles.

and here is more information about the S-400 from RT:

"The S-400 would allow us to defend both individual objects and large territories around them from ballistic missiles, and also increase the height of the interception," ....

The S-400 Triumph is the latest generation of the long-range Russian air defense system developed by NPO Almaz-Antey. It is meant to defend crucial military and civilian areas from aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.
It is capable of shooting down targets at a range of up to 400 kilometers, and altitudes of up to 60 kilometers, depending on the type of interceptor missile fired. A full division of S-400s can simultaneously track 36 targets and guide 72 missiles.
The Russian Defense Ministry cleared the S-400 for service in 2007. There are currently seven S-400 divisions in operation in Russia, with a total of 56 missile launchers deployed...."

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Now here's where it starts to get funny...mainly due to the ludicrous reaction of the West to the overwhelming power of the S-400 in terms of their own weaponry.

Definition of ludicrous

1 : amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity

2 : meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish 

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ludicrously

adverb

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ludicrousness

noun

What happens when you build a better mouse trap?

So, the United States of America and it's 'allies' [aka vassal states] do not having anything remotely close to the S-400 at this point in time.  They only have  "Patriot" missiles which have been notoriously unreliable in tests.  What to do?  What to doooooooooo?

Their response has been to try and prevent any of their allies...well, actually any other country...from purchasing the S-400.  So far this has included Turkey ["S-400 is incompatible with NATO weaponry" which is comical in and of itself] China, India, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.  The last three nations mentioned are apparently in negotiations with Russia to purchase the S-400.  Syria has some S-400's on their territory but only to protect Russian military bases.  Israel recently warned Syria not to purchase the S-400 OR accept S-300's from Russia or "we will attack you".  This last threat is the ludicrous part.  

This "forbidding" is hilarious because it is the equivalent of saying "If you try to defend yourself from us attacking you...we will consider that defense a 'threat' and attack you anyway".  Get it?

This is the genius of Putin.  He has not attacked any of the many western allies arrayed against him.  He has only developed a defense mechanism that will neutralize their potential attacks.  Then he offered it to other independent, sovereign nations.  The list of other nations with smart leadership who will line up to get the S-400 will certainly grow exponentially.  Who doesn't want a "better mousetrap" when your life and property depend on it?

But don't expect Canada to line up for the S-400.  We can't even talk about such a purchase. We can only spend 4.5 billion dollars on a 1952 pipeline.  Reminds me of the song sung by the Canadian band "Barenaked Ladies"..."If I had a million dollars".  If I [greencrow] had a couple of billion dollars...I would buy my country, Canada, an S-400 system!

"If I Had A Million Dollars"

Barenaked Ladies

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