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Russia is a country without air defense.

As of today, it is safe to say that Russia has

no full-fledged air defense system and is generally unable to protect its airspace.

At the same time, Ukraine's air defense is more effective, although more outdated.

The explanation is that today Russia has no echeloned air defense system and only

long-range air defense systems prevail. That is, short-range complexes do not

provide the necessary cover and even more, cease to exist as an element of the echelon.

Meanwhile, it is the short-range complexes that provide protection against objects that the radars

of medium- and long-range complexes cannot see, such as small drone aircraft. Let me remind you

that in Karabakh in 2020 the Azerbaijani army destroyed Armenian S-300 with Bayraktar TB2.

In turn, the Soviet-type short-range complexes available in the Russian Armed Forces,

even after modernization, are not capable of detecting small modern means of destruction,

equipped with elements of suppression 3-4 generations ahead of Soviet technology.

Now a little bit of entertaining mathematics.

Russia, a country with a territory of 17 million km², which should be covered by defense in depth.

But if we talk about the protection of the Russian airspace from small objects,

among modern systems it has Tor and Pantsir missile systems.

Tor missile systems has an effective radius of 12 km,

produced for the needs of Russian armed forces in the amount of 132 units.

Pantsir missile systems with an effective radius of 15 km,

produced for the needs of the army of the occupant in the amount of 116 units.

Question. In total can these complexes provide cover of the Russian airspace

from the penetration of high technology objects?

The answer is simple. Critically and categorically no!

But the main thing is that during the war in Ukraine the Russian army has

lost 30 Tor units and 33 Pantsir missile systems.

At the same time, most of the small-range complexes are now

concentrated in the combat zone in Ukraine, to cover the positions of Russian troops from

air strikes and not only on the Donbas direction and the Southern bridgehead.

This leaves Russia’s airspace totally unprotected from the impact of small objects.

In other words, all of the above only underscores Russia's technical,

technological and military weakness.

The thing is that creation of a short-range complex is a more

"jewelry" job than manufacturing of S-400 and S-500 missile systems.

In modern warfare, why do you need systems that can hit targets at hundreds of kilometers,

but that do not see objects that can take these systems out of action?

At the same time you are not able to create the necessary amount of protection for these systems.

Technically and technologically Russia is a backward country and it is easier

for it to create a complex defining object in a space 15 meters long than

a complex recognizing object less than one meter. The backwardness and degradation,

as well as complete helplessness is the best characteristic of the Russian air defense system.

In turn, Ukraine in 2022 began to strengthen its air defense system with the help of

international partners, starting from small radius complexes and gradually

moved to the medium, with the subsequent prospect of improvement and a large range.

And, while Ukraine’s air defense efficiency is growing, something strange is happening in Russia.

In fact, a country without an defense in depth has no air defense system at all.

And thanks to Ukraine, Russia is now one of the countries with an underdeveloped and completely

useless air defense system. And this is not a year of war yet... Only the 10th month.