Russia attacked Kyiv today with an S-400 missile manufactured just last month, debris shows. The find indicates Russia is using freshly produced missiles almost immediately, suggesting either depleted stockpiles or a shift toward just-in-time combat supply.
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Posted by LowTechDroid
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As the S-400 has been in service since ~2007, there had been roughly ~15 years of “peacetime production stockpile” available before the start of the invasion, so the cycling through any sort of reserve stockpile appears plausible.
While S-400 can overcome all but the most capable SAM systems (*Patriot, IRIS-SLM…*), they underperform in a ground attack role (*their warhead is at ~180kg, which is about twice of what the heavier Shahed/Geran variants carry*), making these kinds of attacks extremely “high cost – low benefit” for the orcish military, especially when they aren’t assigned to HVT of strategic importance, as seems to be the case more often then not.
My uneducated guess is that Russia predominantly employs S-400 in a ground attack role that failed post-production testing and didn’t qualify for an air defense role as this would explain why some random ancient S-200, modernized S-300 or newish S-400 appear in the swarm attacks on Kyiv every couple weeks.
russia knows their air defense missiles are so bad at their job they just send them blindly
Correct me if i‘m wrong but isn‘t the S-400 an anti air missile system?
I doubt it is anything close to a just in time supply model. More like a soon as the paint is dry, fire it, supply model.
AI assist says Russia has been using them as ground to ground weapons. Seeing as they are demonstrably useless as an air defence system, unless your target is a low flying apartment block, flinging them at Kyiv is about the best they can do with them.
They dont encript the date when the missle was built?! Wtf leave it to the russians to find excedingly dumb ideas, theire goated at it
Fucking terrorists. Fuck Russia
I’ve heard they use less than they produce and stockpile. Just telling… Just don’t underestimate your enemy. Never. Even with their stupidity and this stupid “meat wave” tactic. I still think they are a dangerous enemy that can do terrible things. And we need to be prepared for any crap they are capable of doing.
Perhaps this batch was a cancelled order intended for Venezuela.
S400 didn’t do so well in Venezuela
Believing that the russian army has successfully implemented just in time logistics is right up there with the idea that russia wants peace, in credibility.
>shift toward just-in-time combat supply
Doubt that’s a thing. JIT only works with highly reliable supply chains and distribution.