US Patriot air defense systems are not able to protect its European NATO allies from missiles of Russian "Iskander", writes Militarywatch.
More than any other Russian missiles feared Swedes. In their opinion, deployed in the Kaliningrad region "Iskander" pose a threat to the Swedish airfields almost instantaneous destruction. A disabling operational NATO airfields in northern Europe gives Russians an opportunity to quickly and with minimal resistance to win air supremacy, Swedish experts believe.
That is why the Stockholm ordered 4 complex and Patriot 200 missiles for them. to be delivered under the contract to the arms 2020 year. The cost of the transaction amounted to approximately $ 3,1 billion.
However, US facilities will hardly be able to resist Russian "Iskander", author writes. This is evidenced by the experience of the application of the "patriots" in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
So, during "Operation Desert Storm" American complexes showed complete impotence in the obsolete Soviet missiles "Scud". "There is no evidence, what “patriot” knocked over, than a few missiles “Scud”, launched by Iraq during the Gulf War, and there is some doubt, even with respect to these indicators ", It said in a White House report.
The Israeli military tried to shoot down an American drone missile Iran, but after two misses for the destruction of the drone had to raise the helicopter. AT 2017 Yemen, the Patriot was unable to hit a few primitive rockets Huthis.
How did the US are going to confront the complex "Iskander", equipped with a system to overcome missile defense, if you were not able to cope with such trifling threats, asks the author. And answers himself: American platform is not able to repel the attack "Iskander".
