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The S-300F Fort (Russian: С-300Ф, DoD designation SA-N-6, F suffix for Russian: Флотская or Naval) was introduced in 1984 as the original ship-based version of the S-300P system developed by Altair, with the new 5V55RM missile with range extended to 7–90 km (4.3–56 mi; 3.8–49 nmi) and maximum target speed up to Mach 4, while the ...
English: Current operators are in blue. Former operators are in red. Note that only countries whose armed services have the S-300 in service are shown. For example, the United States purchased S-300P batteries for evaluation, but don't use them for air defence purposes, and is thus not listed.
The S-300VM "Antey-2500" (Russian: С-300ВМ Антеӣ-2500, NATO reporting name SA-23 Gladiator/Giant) is a Russian anti-ballistic missile system. The system is designed to target short- and medium-range ballistic missiles , aeroballistic missiles , cruise missiles , fixed-wing aircraft, loitering ECM platforms, and precision-guided munitions .
* The S-300 is "more or less" a Russian equivalent to the U.S. Patriot surface-to-air missile system, said Siemon Wezeman, a senior researcher with the Arms Transfers Programme at the Stockholm ...
After the Russian ban on exporting S-300 to Iran (which was lifted in 2015), Iran decided to develop a similar system domestically: "We have planned to build a long-range air defence missile system similar to S-300. By God's grace and by the Iranian engineers' efforts, we will reach self-sufficiency in this regard." [41]
Ukraine hit a S-300 missile system inside Russia using Western weapons, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk suggested Monday, after Biden allowed Kyiv to use U.S. weapons inside Russia.
With respect to EPAA's [15] implementation as part of the NATO missile defense in Europe the factsheet notes the four phases outlined above: [29] Phase One (2011 timeframe) will address short- and medium-range ballistic missile threats by deploying current and proven missile defense systems.
Ukrainian forces claimed Monday that they had successfully hit a Russian S-300 missile system using Western-supplied weapons inside Russian territory. “It burns beautifully. It’s a Russian S-300.