US intends to deploy Patriot air defense system in Iraq to protect against Iran

The United States intends to deploy Patriot missile defense systems at military bases in Iraq, where the US military is deployed. This was reported by Fox News, citing sources in the Pentagon.

According to the source of the channel, the Pentagon is considering the deployment of Patriot missile defense systems at military bases subjected to a missile attack from Iran. The US military did not try to intercept Iranian missiles, since there were no missile defense systems at the locations of the US military. The US viewed Iran’s retaliation as "unlikely," so Patriot air defense systems were not deployed at an Iraqi base.

To protect these American soldiers (in Iraq - approx.), Patriot air defense systems are likely to be installed

- leads the channel source words.

Recall that Iran on January 8 launched a missile attack on American bases in Iraq in response to the assassination of General Kassem Suleimani. A total of 15 missiles were fired. Despite Pentagon claims that the strikes did not harm the U.S. military, it later became known about 11 injured U.S. military personnel who, with various injuries, were referred for treatment in hospitals in Kuwait and Landstuhl in Germany. Later, the fact that the US military received injuries during the shelling was also confirmed by the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

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[TermNachTer]

I remember that they did not help much from the Iraqi "scud", but as the saying goes: "The blind man said - we will see."

[SRC P-15]

The Pentagon is considering deploying Patriot anti-ballistic missile systems at military bases that suffered a missile attack from Iran.

Hoping for a saying that a shell doesn’t hit the same funnel twice?

[Do not care]

I remember that they did not help much from the Iraqi "scud", but as the saying goes: "The blind man said - we will see."

This is about PAC1 sample of 90 years. In 2003, PAC3 shot down 100% of the Scuds and at the same time a couple of its planes

[Nikolai Grek]

Quote: Do not care

In 2003, PAC3 shot down 100%

something has recently fallen by 0% !!

[TermNachTer]

And in Saudi Arabia what were they? Sorry in advance, not strong in air defense issues

[svp67]

Quote: Do not care

This is about PAC1 sample of 90 years. In 2003, PAC3 shot down 100% of the Scuds and at the same time a couple of its planes

And the Saudis accuse them of ZERO efficiency, claiming that they missed over a hundred ballistic missiles and UAVs over the past year alone. How so?

[janeck]

it’s like Iraq is negotiating with us on the s-400.)

[Boris Ivanov]

as the old "Iranian" saying goes .. "after a fight, don't wave their fists."

[Kleber]

Some old sayings are so old that they have lost their relevance. Now they are waving, even as they are waving.

[TermNachTer]

To lead what he leads. But if the fate of those who wish, then they will not receive them soon. It may be easier to take the S - 300 from the troops, after the capital.

[xGibSoNx]

I remember

It would be better not only to remember, but also to know .. that the patriot of those years, as it were, should not have worked for ballistic purposes .. It’s like an air defense complex and not missile defense. Modern versions are probably already able to do something .. But that's another story.

[TermNachTer]

So why are you going to put it there?

[Morrow]

200 intercepted ICBMs in the SA have long been eclipsed by all

[Morrow]

BR of course

[5-9]

At a flow rate of 23 ERINT per 1 SCAD? There aren’t so many missiles in the world to bring down 200 SCADS :)
Yes and no they have so many Hussites .... but you do not reflect, spread further ...

[Morrow]

Read the SA command reports on the Hussite missile attacks. In 2018-2019, every two weeks they shot around Riyadh and Mecca

[5-9]

Ohhhh ... SA command reports ... did they personally send them to you? Go secret?
And they also write them well, as they are fighting with the Hussites?

[5-9]

They did not help at all, but Patriot was then completely different.

[paul3390]

And the desire to shame them once again? After all, again, they’ll be liquidated very much, the Saudis won — there was state air defense in commercial quantities, but what is the result?

[JonnyT]

They would rather learn to bring down at least something with their air defense. Generally a stupid move. Iranian proxies with water pipes filled with gunpowder will fire at them, and this is not a task for the patriot. They need to deploy not only patriots, but a complex of diverse air defense systems. Won Israel would consult for a start

[Morrow]

Who is a disgrace? Saudi Patriots intercepted 200 BR in 3 years

[paul3390]

Why not 20000?

[Sergey39]

After the fight, they don’t wave their fists. And it will not help against Shiite partisan groups.

[cost]

Boris Ivanov (Boris Ivanov): as the old "Iranian" saying goes .. "after a fight, don't wave their fists."

And here is a real old Persian saying, which is more suitable for the text of the article:
Maybe he is an excellent fisherman, but there is no fish in the desert

[Thrifty]

It is necessary for the Iraqis to show who is the boss in the country, and to expel the Yankees from Iraq.

[Nyrobsky]

Yes, let them put it. In Saudi Arabia, they also stand, but this did not help them much when the Hussites with Iranian missiles and with the help of drones covered their refinery and airport.

[Old Michael]

Yes, let them put it.

In fact, it’s a gift to Shiite partisans: they will take up business, practice, and show themselves, and dunk the invaders with grins.

[Yang yangov]

well, let's start with the fact that they won’t place them there. could have already posted. and then Iraq itself will not allow, in the light of their latest statements on the withdrawal of troops from their territory.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Yang Yangov

could have already posted. and then Iraq itself will not allow

Since when America began to ask someone? Millions of Iraqis, maybe against it. And a dozen villains on the CIA’s salary, put by America in Saddam’s chair, will be decided as America needs.

Quote: Yang Yangov

in light of their latest statements on the withdrawal of troops from their territory.

Again - since America has rushed somewhere - it cannot be corroded from there by dust. Germany is still occupied, Japan too, Eastern Europe and the western part of the USSR (except the Old Man) in wet dreams dream of an American occupation. And America spit on the fact that someone wants or does not want something there. They bend their line and that's it. Imperialism ...

[Strashila]

If they deliver complexes sharpened for the American army with American calculations, they will be more accurate in terms of bullets compared to export ones controlled by Arabs.
The Americans need to agree with the Israelis on the delivery of their Iron Dome in order to test the real combat against Iranian missiles.

[5-9]

The iron dome is a cheap device for intercepting a large number of water pipes filled with a hardware store, which the Arabs use for lack of BM-21. Something similar in purpose to us - the Shell. These devices, in principle, OTP can not intercept.

[Atlant-1164]

empty .. just a concussion. could have already stood.

[Old26]

The United States intends to deploy Patriot missile defense systems at military bases in Iraq, where the US military is deployed.

Actually, the photo is not an anti-missile system, but the Patriot PAS-2 complex ...

[NEXUS]

Quote: Old26

The United States intends to deploy Patriot missile defense systems at military bases in Iraq, where the US military is deployed.

Actually, the photo is not an anti-missile system, but the Patriot PAS-2 complex ...

I’ve been thinking about this ... is it true that the Patriots are then transferring them against the Iranian Skates? Isn’t this fuss about our airborne forces, so that if the SU-57 appears there to take its parameters for example.

[AVA77]

It is strange that not the Poles were not covering up the Americans, but they have a special anti-Iranian missile defense.
Maybe something did not work, or the Poles fuse blown.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: AVA77

It is strange that not the Poles were not covering up the Americans, but they have a special anti-Iranian missile defense.

I also remembered how America told everyone that missile defense in Poland not against Russia, but to protect against Iran.

From hypersonic war penguins from Antarctica, damn it ...

[AVA77]

The Americans actually foolish, because they deployed missile defense systems on the borders of Russia, well, they would have said right away that this was to protect Russia from Iranian and American missiles. This option is no worse than their official one.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: AVA77

Americans actually stupidbecause they deployed missile defense systems on the borders of Russia, well, they would have said right away that this was to protect Russia from Iranian and American missiles. This option is no worse than their official one.

Yes, I just look, they are like small children.
When a child lies to an adult, it seems to the child that his lie is impeccable. But the adult in the second second understands that the child is lying. As a result, the child deservedly catches the belt, not understanding why. After all, everything was so healthy!

[AVA77]

Someone else would have taken the ignition of this young lad and put in a belt. The son is a pancake of seven fathers.

[Reserve buildbat]

It is a pity that only 11 victims. Better 110 corpses.

[knn54]

Will the cost also be "hung" on Iraq?

[tihonmarine]

Quote: knn54

Will the cost also be "hung" on Iraq?

Well Trump said "We protect, you pay."

[Kastorkin]

They were also stationed in Saudi Arabia, but they just didn’t react to the missile attack .. The oil refinery was almost completely burned by the Hussites ..

[Morrow]

And before that they could 200 times

[sergo1914]

Why what there. The path immediately line Maginot-Mannerheim begin to dig.

[Pytnik]

In instagran on the militarycolumnist website there is a satellite image from 2016, where on the Ain al-Assad base in the Iraqi province of Anbar, the positional areas of the Patriot air defense system are clearly visible, so the statement that
"The US military did not try to intercept the Iranian missiles, since there were no anti-missile systems in the locations of the US military. The US considered an Iranian retaliation" unlikely ", so the Patriot air defense systems were not deployed at the Iraqi base." looks somewhat strange

[Morrow]

Much has changed since 2016

[Nastia makarova]

nothing can these yankees

[VVK]

As I understand it, no one is going to withdraw troops from Iraq. So the United States is preparing to strike at Iran in the coming months.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: VVK

As I understand it, no one is going to withdraw troops from Iraq.

Do not hesitate, they will not withdraw.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: VVK

As I understand it, no one is going to withdraw troops from Iraq. So the United States is preparing to strike at Iran in the coming months.

The troops will not withdraw. But to strike will manage. They will continue to muddy the water and puff out cheeks. So far, it seems, America has not Saigon in Iraq, April 75th. Although ... Hold out.

[thanks]

Quote: Old26

It is not a fact that the Patriots were deployed in the area of ​​the refinery. In addition, shoot down those walking at a height of 5-10 meters above the desert drones and cruise missiles not even our complexes can do.

Dear Old26! You're not right!

S-400 air defense missiles easily affects cruise missiles. Missiles: 9M96E1, 9M96E2, can hit low-flying targets at a height of 5 m [8] (for comparison: the American Patriot complex is capable of hitting targets only at a height of at least 60 m).
http://www.rusarmy.com/pvo/pvo_vvs/zur_9m96e_9m96e2.html

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SAM Shell-C1 also easily affects cruise missiles, as well as drones- which has been repeatedly demonstrated in Syria. "The peculiarity of the Pantsir-C1 complex is the combination of a multichannel target acquisition and tracking system with missile and artillery weapons, which creates a continuous target interception zone height (minimum) from 0 m and in range (minimum) from 200 m. Reach in height 15 km, range 20 km [21], even without external support. "
"The smallest EPR for the complex 2-3 cm² [23]. This makes it possible to capture small-sized short-range reconnaissance UAVs and destroy them. "
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8C-%D0%A11

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[Old26]

Quote: TermNachTER

I remember that they did not help much from the Iraqi "scud", but as the saying goes: "The blind man said - we will see."

You know, the "Maxim" quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun also does not help well from the SCUD. How long can you spend too much time on the events of 30 years ago, when a complex designed exclusively for intercepting aerodynamic targets was used on the BV? The complex has already been modernized several times, and we continue to recall with aspiration that it did not help much then ... Well, bad, what of this? So our S-300 of the first modification was also not designed to intercept ballistic targets? Until when will we be condescending and ironic about the weapons of our potential enemy? Until that weapon teaches us a lesson ??

Quote: Do not care

This is about PAC1 sample of 90 years. In 2003, PAC3 shot down 100% of the Scuds and at the same time a couple of its planes

It's not even about the RAS-1. He was already after him. This complex was simply called "Patriot" (sometimes the designation "Patriot-A" is found and was created on the basis of SAM-D air defense systems, developed in the mid-70s

Quote: Janek

it’s like Iraq is negotiating with us on the s-400.)

He can conduct any negotiations with us. Being effectively under the thumb of the United States, they will do basically what they are told to do. They will say they will buy the Patriots, forgetting about the desire to buy the S-400 ...

Quote: paul3390

And the desire to shame them once again? After all, again, they’ll be liquidated very much, the Saudis won — there was state air defense in commercial quantities, but what is the result?

Well, against ballistic missiles worked more or less. The question is who is sitting at the consoles. Put there a side-armed fighter, so he’ll liquidate with the S-400

Quote: JonnyT

They would rather learn to bring down at least something with their air defense. Generally a stupid move. Iranian proxies with water pipes filled with gunpowder will fire at them, and this is not a task for the patriot. They need to deploy not only patriots, but a complex of diverse air defense systems. Won Israel would consult for a start

They generally shoot down. Read at least the statistics of the times of the first war in the bay. How many were shot down by an unsuitable complex for this.
And forget about the water pipes. This was with Hamas in the Gaza Strip about 10 years ago and has not been applied for a long time.

Quote: AVA77

It is strange that not the Poles were not covering up the Americans, but they have a special anti-Iranian missile defense.
Maybe something did not work, or the Poles fuse blown.

Have the Poles already deployed missile defense? Do not tell me when this significant event happened? But the Romanians ... It would be interesting to see how you would shoot missiles with a range of 2000 km at a range of 700 km. Have you tried to shoot down planes flying at an altitude of 3-5 km from a smoothbore gun? So the Romanians have the same thing ...

Quote: Kastorkin

They were also stationed in Saudi Arabia, but they just didn’t react to the missile attack .. The oil refinery was almost completely burned by the Hussites ..

It is not a fact that the Patriots were deployed in the area of ​​the refinery. In addition, even our complexes cannot shoot down drones and cruise missiles traveling at an altitude of 5-10 meters above the desert.

[mikstepanenko]

In addition, to shoot down at a height of 5-10 meters above the desert, drones and cruise missiles are beyond the power of even our complexes.
Are you sure that this is real, a cruise missile at an altitude of 5 meters?

[thanks]

Quote: mikstepanenko (Mikhail Stepanenko)

In addition, to shoot down at a height of 5-10 meters above the desert, drones and cruise missiles are beyond the power of even our complexes.
Are you sure that this is real, a cruise missile at an altitude of 5 meters?

Dear mikstepanenko (Mikhail Stepanenko), you are wrong.
"The Tomahawk rocket flies in the mode of enveloping the terrain above the earth's surface at an altitude of 30-60 m (if the terrain is relatively flat) or 150 m (hilly). An on-board computer provides for the implementation of a flight program bypassing the areas of deployment of stationary air defense and missile defense systems. After the departure of the BGM-109C and D cruise missiles into the target area, guidance in the final section of the flight path is carried out by the DSMAC subsystem.

S-400 air defense missile system easily affects cruise missiles. Missiles: 9M96E1, 9M96E2, can hit low-flying targets at a height of 5 m [8] (for comparison: the American Patriot complex is capable of hitting targets only at a height of at least 60 m).
http://www.rusarmy.com/pvo/pvo_vvs/zur_9m96e_9m96e2.html

SAM Shell- also easily affects cruise missiles, as well as drones - which has been repeatedly demonstrated in Syria. "The peculiarity of the Pantsir-C1 complex is the combination of a multichannel target acquisition and tracking system with missile and artillery weapons, which creates a continuous target interception zone height (minimum) from 0 m and in range (minimum) from 200 m. Reach in height 15 km, range 20 km [21], even without external support. "
"The smallest EPR for the complex 2-3 cm² [23]. This makes it possible to capture small-sized short-range reconnaissance UAVs and destroy them. "
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8C-%D0%A11

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[mikstepanenko]

at an altitude of 30-60 m (if the terrain is relatively flat) or 150 m (hilly).

As it does not fit in your denial of my doubts with the citation of figures that confirm these doubts. The fact that the S-400 can intercept targets from a height of 5 meters does not mean yet. that these goals are real, especially in the form of cruise missiles. This is a groundwork for the future, and nothing more. Five (or even ten) meters high in the desert. How can they be counted - from the dune sole or from the top? The same dune can be more than ten meters high. Plus the sand, which at this height will certainly fall into the rocket engine, and then what will happen to it. So the phrase "drones and cruise missiles flying at a height of 5-10 meters above the desert" is more of a fantasy. But in reality, "The Tomahawk rocket flies in the terrain bend mode above the earth's surface at an altitude of 30-60 m (if the terrain is relatively flat) or 150 m (hilly)."

[thanks]

Quote: mikstepanenko

Five (and even ten) meters of height in the desert. Where do they count - from the sole of the dune or from the top? The same dune can be more than ten meters high. Plus the sand, which at such a height will certainly fall into the rocket engine, and what will happen to it then.

mikstepanenko (Mikhail Stepanenko)! The radio altimeter will tell you where to get the rocket from, too, and the rocket will maintain a minimum flight altitude for such an area ...

[mikstepanenko]

The radio altimeter will tell you where to count

So the Poles thought the same way when they flew to Smolensk. And there, in front of the airfield, the ravine is a kilometer wide and up to 20 meters deep. While walking to the middle of the ravine everything was fine, the height as it should be. And the slope is down. And from the middle the bias is already up, as a result of a meeting with a birch. I don’t know exactly who, whether Joseph Vissarionovich or Lavrenty Pavlovich personally planted, saw the future.

[tihonmarine]

To protect these American soldiers (in Iraq - approx.), Patriot air defense systems are likely to be installed

It's called "US Military Leaving Iraq".

[evgen1221]

What kind of patriot, slingshot or even better sneakers for fast running they need. Yes, and I suspect that the transfer, the contents of these air defense missiles, according to the new tradition, will be asked to pay for the Iraqis themselves. In turn, I can send the brave wars of light at their expense to Iraq my pair of old sneakers, unless they are recognized as the highest danger category for gentle elves by bacteriological weapons))))

[Ros 56]

Consequently, the superfluous will be "removed" from Poland and Romania, or what? The stripes themselves lie and do not even bounce.

[rocket757]

Really? And their "patriots" are protected from something?

[sergej987]

But aren't the defenders from Iranian missiles placed in Romania?

[Rostislav]

Those. they are not going to fulfill Iraq’s demand for the withdrawal of troops. As expected.
Another demonstration of the penguin's attitude to international law - all these agreements with them are not worth the paper on which they are written. They are carried out only until they consider it profitable for themselves.

[Andrey.AN]

They want to take control of the airspace of Iraq by ground means, it’s cheaper than keeping fighters in the air, these are not unpretentious drones.

[Old26]

Quote: mikstepanenko

In addition, to shoot down at a height of 5-10 meters above the desert, drones and cruise missiles are beyond the power of even our complexes.
Are you sure that this is real, a cruise missile at an altitude of 5 meters?

The flight altitude of the anti-ship missile system above the water is approximately at this height And this is taking into account the presence of such a factor as waves. Some even at a height of 3 meters can walk, of course, when it is calm. How is the desert different from the sea surface? Virtually nothing. Both drones and CDs could well go at such an altitude, which means below the lower limit of any complex. No, sorry, wrong. The American Avenger is capable of hitting them at such a height. And even then due to the fact that he has large-caliber machine guns in addition to missiles ...

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Quote: Old26 (Vladimir)

Quote: mikstepanenko (Mikhail Stepanenko)

In addition, bring down the going at an altitude of 5-10 meters above the desert drones and cruise missiles not even our complexes can do.
Are you sure what is real, a cruise missile at a height of 5 meters?

The height of the RCC flight above the water runs at approximately this altitude. And this is taking into account the presence of such a factor as waves. Some can even go at a height of 3 meters, of course with calm. How is the desert different from the sea surface? Virtually nothing. And drones and the Kyrgyz Republic could well go at such a height, which means below the lower limit of any complex. No, sorry, wrong. The American Avenger is capable of hitting them at such a height. And even then due to the fact that he has large-caliber machine guns in addition to missiles ...

Dear Old26! You're not right! "The Tomahawk rocket flies in the mode of enveloping the terrain above the earth's surface at an altitude of 30-60 m (if the terrain is relatively flat) or 150 m (hilly). An on-board computer provides for the implementation of a flight program bypassing the areas of deployment of stationary air defense and missile defense systems. After the departure of the BGM-109C and D cruise missiles into the target area, guidance in the final section of the flight path is carried out by the DSMAC subsystem.

C-400 SAM easily affects cruise missiles. Missiles: 9M96E1, 9M96E2, can hit low-flying targets at a height of 5 m [8] (for comparison: the American Patriot system is capable of hitting targets only at a height of at least 60 m).
http://www.rusarmy.com/pvo/pvo_vvs/zur_9m96e_9m96e2.html

SAM Shell-C1 also easily affects cruise missiles, as well as drones - which has been repeatedly demonstrated in Syria... "The peculiarity of the Pantsir-C1 complex is the combination of a multichannel target acquisition and tracking system with missile and artillery weapons, which creates a continuous target interception zone height (minimum) from 0 m and in range (minimum) from 200 m. Reach in height 15 km, range 20 km [21], even without external support. "
"The smallest EPR for the complex 2-3 cm² [23]. This makes it possible to capture small-sized short-range reconnaissance UAVs and destroy them. "
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8C-%D0%A11

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[5-9]

It’s unfortunate that they weren’t there, they would have looked, only in the hands of the RAS-3, it’s practically useless against the BRDS or in the Amer’s too.
If this happened to us in Syria (lack of missile defense and a successful missile strike by the adversary) - boiling up to heaven would be six months.

[Old26]

Quote: svp67

And the Saudis accuse them of ZERO efficiency, claiming that they missed over a hundred ballistic missiles and UAVs over the past year alone. How so?

Hundreds of ballistic missiles and UAVs attacked the Saudis? That they have already bent. Yemenis, if a year launches in Saudi Arabia with a dozen BRDS, then this is good.
UAVs launch more often, but UAVs and missiles are still a big difference. And let yourself be accused of the principle of building their own air defense, disproportionate procurement and the squint of their own warriors

Quote: 5-9

At a flow rate of 23 ERINT per 1 SCAD? There aren’t so many missiles in the world to bring down 200 SCADS :)
Yes and no they have so many Hussites .... but you do not reflect, spread further ...

200 Hussite SCADS - this is of course nonsense

Quote: Mersi

Dear Old26! You're not right! "The Tomahawk rocket flies in the mode of enveloping the terrain above the earth's surface at an altitude of 30-60 m (if the terrain is relatively flat) or 150 m (hilly). The onboard computer provides for a flight program that bypasses the areas where stationary air defense and missile defense systems are located. cruise missiles BGM-109C and D in the target area, guidance on the final segment of the flight path is carried out by the DSMAC subsystem.
S-400 air defense missiles easily affects cruise missiles. Missiles: 9M96E1, 9M96E2, can hit low-flying targets at a height of 5 m [8] (for comparison: the American Patriot system is capable of hitting targets only at a height of at least 60 m).
http://www.rusarmy.com/pvo/pvo_vvs/zur_9m96e_9m96e2.html

This is not about Tomahawks or our Caliber missiles. We are talking about Iranian Quds cruise missiles, which are supplied to Yemen. And 3 out of 7 of these missiles crashed while firing at the Khurais field. Moreover, they did not fly, not because they were trite shot down, but because they crashed due to a very low altitude. The photographs with the wreckage of these missiles clearly show the surrounding desert. There are no dunes 5-10 meters high there. Rather, subtle rises.
As for the S-400 system. Have you seen a lot of video frames and photos of the S-400 in the troops with 9M96 missiles. exclusively at exhibitions. In the troops in the plots and photographs only 46N6 family missiles

Quote: mikstepanenko

So the phrase "drones and cruise missiles flying at a height of 5-10 meters above the desert" is more of a fantasy.

And you look at the photos with the wreckage of the Quds cruise missile in the desert, where nobody fired at it. And where 3 of the 7 missiles crashed in the desert. And ask the question, what is the cause of this accident ...

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Quote: Old26

We are talking about the Iranian Quds cruise missiles, which are delivered to the same Yemen. And 3 out of 7 of these missiles crashed while firing at the Khurais field. And they didn’t fly, not because they were shot down corny, but because they crashed due to the very low flight altitude.

Dear Old26! These are only your assumptions and the media, and in the same, that they were completely Iranian. Apparently, the radio altimeter was faulty with the Hussite missiles?

Quote: Old26

As for the S-400 system. Have you seen a lot of video frames and photos of the S-400 in the troops with 9M96 missiles. exclusively at exhibitions. In the troops in the plots and photographs only 46N6 family missiles

Old26, no need to write your assumptionsrockets: 9М96Е2, 9М96М long been in service since 1999 and the troops - have a minimum target destruction height
Nmin = 5 meters. Missiles 48N6 in open sources have a minimum height of defeat Hmin = 10 meters and it will not be surprising if it turns out to be less.

[Deficiencies1980]

Strange thing. Why the Americans are still in Iraq, it seems like the Iranians bombed them.