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ttkciar t1_j10xsqy wrote

Is there much choice?

If S-400 is positioned on Ukraine's Belarus border, on Ukraine's Russian border, and in Crimea, then between their overlapping areas of coverage there will be nowhere in all of Ukraine where anything can fly that cannot be immediately shot down (except maybe F-35; it might be sufficiently stealthed to avoid detection by S-400, but the Ukrainians don't have that aircraft).

To avoid that situation, the S-400 emplacements would have to be neutralized.

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ttkciar t1_j10znhn wrote

Relatedly, this prompted me to look up ground-to-ground anti-radiation missile systems, and afaict the only such systems that exist are China's B-611MR and Israel's Keres (a ground launching system for AGM-78).

That seems like a pretty grievous oversight. Without a ground-to-ground anti-radiation capability, what are a military's options for attacking S-400 other than overrunning it with tanks or getting close enough with a sufficiently well-stealthed aircraft to launch air-to-ground anti-radiation missiles?

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Incandescent_Lass t1_j11bhls wrote

Waste a bunch of cheap drones until you get your lock, then pop open the expensive bottles.

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