Gunner98
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Some further thoughts, S-400 is a strategic air defense system, not a tactical air defense. In that case, it'll only be deployed to defend strategic targets and only in limited capabilities. Anything more than a single S-400 in a scenario is unrealistic Dr Ransom, I'm not sure that this statement is totally accurate. Although this is according to Wiki, the data is fairly well referenced: Russia – 27 battalions in 13 regiments (at least 200 launchers)[88][115][116][117][118] Moscow region: 2 battalions of the 210th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment, Dmitrov;[119] 2 battalions of the 606th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment, Elektrostal;[120][121] 2 battalions of the 93rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment, Zvenigorod;[122] 2 battalions of the 549th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment, Podolsk;[123] 2 battalions of the 183rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Western Military District, Kaliningrad;[124] 2 battalions of the 500th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Western Military District, Saint-Petersburg;[125] 2 battalions of the 589th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Eastern Military District, Nakhodka;[126][127] 3 battalions of the 1532nd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Eastern Military District, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky;[128][129][130] 2 battalions of the 1537th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Southern Military District, Novorossiysk;[131] 2 battalions of the 531st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Western Military District, Murmansk;[132][133] 2 battalions of the 590th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Central Military District, Novosibirsk;[134] 2 battalions of the 1533th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Eastern Military District, Vladivostok.[135] 2 battalions of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment in the Southern Military District, Feodossia, Crimea.[136] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system So some are certainly looking after Strategic assets, many of the Regts belong to Military Districts which sub allocates them to Armies, so I would say an Operational level system in that case. Also they don't come in 1's normally, generally in Regts of 2 Bns plus reinforcing lower level SAM systems. Considering the range envelope they cover, 27 Bns is a lot. B
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