What if it turns out to be a NATO plot all along to decode S400 radar signal processing algorithms leh?
Putin gives every customer a different version of software. Depending on level of trust.
Pentagon got old version of S-300 from some fallen Middle East regimes any way:
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Why Are Russian S-300 Missile Systems In The United States?
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What are Russian S-300 air defense systems doing in the United States?
Satellite images recently surfaced online after military enthusiasts discovered the installations which appeared to show elements of
the Soviet-designed S-300PT system located at a US military range.
File photo of S-300 system of illustrative purposes.
The images sparked even greater interest after they were analyzed by the popular military site
Defence Blog, which discussed their authenticity and possible reasons such Soviet missiles would be located at a US military range.
According to the
Defence Blog analysis:
A 30N6 fire control system and semi-trailer arrangements of 5P85 Transporter Erector Launchers (TEL) have been seen in satellite imagery of the U.S. military range. All these vehicles are part of the S-300PT surface-to-air missile system.
S-300PТ system is designed for the defensive purpose of administrative, industrial and military buildings and objects against all kind air attacks.
Likely such Russian systems are obtained by the US Department of Defense via partner former Soviet countries like Ukraine.
Defence Blog explained that the US Army
"commonly practices air assault with Russian-style air defense systems during training exercises."
This adds
"extra realism" during live simulated drills: "It uses styled or real combat vehicles and air defense systems to add extra realism to various exercises," according to the report.
Months ago western nations as well as Israel expressed alarm over Russia transferring its deadly S-300 systems to the Syrian government following an uptick in brazen Israeli aerial attacks, which had further resulted in
the accidental downing of a Russian reconnaissance plane near Syria's coast, killing 15 crew members aboard.
US and Israeli jets operating in or near Syria will now face down
newly trained Syrian operators utilizing S-300 missiles to thwart any threats. No doubt, US and Israeli defense planners are also ramping up force readiness against the S-300s, most likely by training F-35 jets on how to avoid and take them out.
https://www.rt.com/news/464056-congress-sanctions-turkey-s400-pentagon/
Pentagon silent on Turkey’s S-400 delivery as Congress demands immediate sanctions
Published time: 12 Jul, 2019 23:29
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Russian S-400 missile defense systems unloaded from a plane at Akinci Air Base, near Ankara, Turkey, July 12, 2019. © Turkish Defence Ministry via Reuters
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As Turkey beamed out images of Russian S-400 air defense systems being delivered, US lawmakers demanded immediate sanctions against Ankara, while the Pentagon and the State Department remained strangely silent.
House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel (D-New York) and ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) reacted to the delivery of the missiles by
declaring that Turkey and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
“must face stiff consequences.”
“President Erdogan was given a very clear choice. Unfortunately, he has clearly made the wrong one. That a NATO ally would choose to side with Russia and Vladimir Putin over the alliance and closer cooperation with the United States is hard to fathom,” the duo said in a statement on Friday.
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They demanded of the Trump administration to
“terminate” Turkey’s participation in the F-35 stealth fighter program and
“sanction Turkish individuals doing business with the Russian defense sector, as required by law.”
Under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), passed in 2017 over President Donald Trump’s objections, the US has to penalize countries that buy weapons systems from Russia.
Their pleas seemed to fall on deaf ears at the Pentagon and the State Department, however. The Department of Defense only confirmed that the subject of the S-400s came up in the 30-minute conversation between Acting Secretary Mark Esper and his Turkish counterpart, but offered no further details.
The Pentagon has not done on-camera briefings for a while, and the press corps got excited when they heard one was scheduled for Friday, expecting it would address the issue. To their great disappointment, however, it was
“postponed indefinitely.”
Washington is taking Ankara’s
“betrayal” especially hard, since their anti-Soviet alliance predates even the founding of NATO. Following an attempted military coup in July 2016 – which Erdogan blamed on the cleric living in the US under CIA protection – he began turning towards Russia, negotiating the purchase of the S-400s and justifying it by the US withdrawal of Patriot missile batteries.
Ankara has responded to US threats to cut it off from the F-35 program by saying that it would go against the terms of the deal to manufacture the fifth-generation fighter. Turkey is part of the multinational consortium developing and producing parts for the troubled Lockheed Martin jet, and was expected to buy 100 of them. Dropping it from the program might negatively impact production and further increase the cost of the already overpriced war machine.
Washington fears that the S-400 could reveal the ‘secrets’ of the F-35 to Moscow and render the secretive stealth fighter vulnerable to Russian countermeasures.
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