"While Fighter Pilots made movies, SAM Officers made History. (U-2 over Sverdlovsk, B-52's over Hanoi, F-4 Phantoms over the Sinai, F-16's and the F-117A Stealth bomber over the Balkans.)"
Russian SAMs ARE history.
Where was the "mighty" SA-10 when Israel bombed the Syrian reactors LOL?
Nowhere!!! (FYI, S-300 was never exported into Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Serbia, etc...)
First generation consisted two systems...
The towed version S-300PT (SA-10A Grumble) was fielded in 1979, replacing the S-25 Berkut (SA-1 Guild) batteries around Moscow.
The mobile version S-300PS (SA-10B Grumble) was fielded in 1983 replacing the S-75M Volhov (SA-2E Guideline) and S-125M Neva (SA-3B Goa) batteries, and exported outside of the former Soviet Union from 1988 as the S-300PMU (SA-10B Grumble) into East Germany, Bulgaria, China, and (Czech)Slovakia.
Second generation of the S-300P is fielded from 1989, as the S-300PM (SA-20A Gargoyle), and exported in two versions. The S-300PMU-1 (SA-20A Gargoyle) is shipped from 1994, into China, Greece, Algeria, and Vietnam. The S-300PMU-2 Favorit (SA-20B Gargoyle) is shipped from 2004 into China.
Third generation of the S-300P is fielded in Russia from 2007 replacing the S-200 (SA-5 Gammon) batteries, as the S-400 Triumph (SA-21 Growler).
Last edited by Hpasp; 10/18/1206:55 PM.
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