Need a longer arm? s-300 air defence missles (NATO Grumble SA-10)

Need to kill anything at a large range, higher ennry speed? Russians have alredy the answer: The S-300 is a series of Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems by the Almaz Scientific Industrial Corporation all based on the initial S-300P version. It was developed as a system against aircraft and cruise missiles for the Soviet Anti-Air Defence branch of the military, but later variations were also developed to intercept ballistic missiles.

The closest western equivalent is the United States of America MIM-104 Patriot system or the US Navy RIM-66 Standard Missile 2 (SM-2). Both systems can engage multiple targets simultaneously, employ advanced guidance methods, and rely on a single phased array guidance radar to guide the missiles in the air. The S-300 deployment time is five minutes.[1] The S-300 missiles are sealed rounds and require no maintenance over their lifetime.

In our following blog entry we will show how countries like Iran can combine these long range systems with a variaty of tactical air-defence systems to build a stable and mighty air-defence system.