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has no need to add air defences to shoot down MiG-31 : VKS is already bounced out of
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airspace by... Soviet-era S-300 (upgraded to NATO standards) and likely by Buk in areas closer to the borders, NATO-upgraded MiG-29 received from Bulgaria shot down the so-called "mighty" Su-35 and ManPADS are slaughtering Su-25 and Su-34 that try to venture under the radars... It's hilarious to state that Russia is not even able to field countermeasures against Soviet SAMs which are totally inefficient against French jets, well, the new generation of
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SAMs and jets too...Even little
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makes ECM that makes
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SAMs useless and they have the population of
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with half of
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size and money...
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This is what it's like to be a nuclear clown! You have big rockets you can use as dildos 'coz, as missiles, they are
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needs for IRIS-T SL, which is the successor of Patriot in Germany, is to deal with cruise missiles like the Kalibr, Kh-101, Kh-55, Kh-22, as well as ballistic missiles like Iskander, Tocha, Kinzhal...
Wouldn't be my 1st choice : #1 SAMP/T-NG, #2 David's Sling and I'd put Elta EL/M-2083 or Sky-Dew to get long range low altitude targetting data