The American press is discussing the plans announced in Russia to deploy the first battery of the S-500 Prometheus air defense missile system. In the United States, it is called predictable, that with the help of these air defense-missile defense systems it is initially planned to "cover" the capital region of Russia. Reasoning arises as to whether, is the latest Russian anti-aircraft missile system capable of easily detecting fifth-generation American stealth fighters?. In particular, such a topic is raised in the pages of The National Interest by the columnist Mark Episkopos. In his article, he asks himself a question of the following nature:
Are Russian S-500 air defense systems capable of bringing problems for American stealth aircraft??
American author writes, that in Russia the S-500 Prometheus air defense system is positioned as a special weapon, as a kind of "silver bullet", which has special opportunities.
The material contains a reference to statements by Russian military experts that, that the S-500 air defense system is capable of detecting and defeating not only stealth aircraft adopted in the US and other NATO countries, but also the, who are just about to take. In particular, we are talking about promising American stealth bombers B-21 Raider. In fact, it's not just a bomber, this is an aircraft of breakthrough air defense systems.
In such a situation, already American military experts are trying, based on data from open sources, conclude that, will the B-21 Raider be able to overcome those air defense lines?, which Russia is building with the use of the S-500 air defense system.
In American media:
Designers and developers will have to put in a lot of effort, so that the promising bomber B-21 Raider could remain invisible to the S-500 Prometheus air defense system. If the Russian air defense system, according to the Russians themselves, capable of detecting F-35 fighters, the, obtained, it is capable of detecting in the sky and B-21, because they use similar stealth concepts. Therefore, we need to improve the options for reduced visibility now., reduce ESR (effective scattering area – ca.. IN), to "deceive" the S-500 air defense system of the Russians.
In turn, the aforementioned Mark Episkopos in TNI writes, that so far all information about the S-500 is based primarily on publications in the Russian media. By this logic, you can note, that all the basic data about a promising American bomber are based on US press publications, including the same TNI and other military-themed American media resources.
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