Russian air defense systems, including the Tor, Buk and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, are capable of shooting down the American ATACMS surface-to-surface ballistic missile. This was stated by military expert retired colonel Viktor Litovkin in an interview with the newspaper. “News”.
“ATACMS missiles will not provide any advantage to Ukraine. “Our air defense systems are ready to hit them,” he claims.
According to Litovkin, there is nothing complicated in this, because these missiles fly along a ballistic curve at a distance of 136 km and are not equipped with special tricks that allow them to bypass air defense and missile defense systems.
“If our complexes, like the same “Thor” or “Buk”, as well as the S-400, detect this missile, they will definitely shoot it down,” the retired soldier said.
Before that the White House approved Transfer of 165 km flight range ATACMS tactical missiles to Ukraine, which Kiev has been seeking to supply for almost a year. Ukrainian Armed Forces have already used new weapons to attack Berdyansk airport; According to Russian officials, M74 cluster munitions were found at the attack site.
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