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2020-07-09 The Grand Turk

Russia says Turkey tested its S-400s on US F-16 jets

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Posted by Frank G 2020-07-09 11:10|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
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#1 ...Always the possibility that the damned things don't work.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-07-09 11:25|| 2020-07-09 11:25|| Front Page Top

#2 So Russia and the United States are both using Syria as a proving ground for their weapons system. Pencilneck should demand they pay a fee for this service.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-09 12:25|| 2020-07-09 12:25|| Front Page Top

#3 It is therefore of great importance for Russia to know how the S-400 performed against a NATO member’s F-16s.

Turkey knows Egypt has F-16s.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-09 12:39|| 2020-07-09 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think Yip-Yip will deploy them to Libya. He's only using mercs and Syrian Jihadis

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-09 12:41|| 2020-07-09 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 F-16.net, Egypt.

Turkey’s far more advanced high-altitude S-400s haven’t been activated and the prospect of transferring those sophisticated missiles – which could establish a game-changing Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) zone over wherever they are deployed – to Libya “is out of question.”

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-09 12:58|| 2020-07-09 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 And no info on how they work on F-22/F-35's

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-09 13:04|| 2020-07-09 13:04|| Front Page Top

#7 S-400 isn't going to show up anywhere it might get beat by stealth fighters. That would be muy too bad for future sales.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-09 13:24|| 2020-07-09 13:24|| Front Page Top

#8 That would be muy too bad for future sales.

Kind of like how the T-72's and BMP's fared against the M1 Abrams during the first Gulf War.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-09 14:02|| 2020-07-09 14:02|| Front Page Top

#9 So they’re putting up Turkish-run S-400s against Turkish-flown F16s after the Gulenist purges? That’s definitely a real-world test.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-09 22:40|| 2020-07-09 22:40|| Front Page Top

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