In the USA, a missile was tested from the F-18, which was called the "destroyer" of the S-400 air defense missile system in the press.
In the United States, the latest aircraft-based AGM-88G AARGM-ER missile was tested. We are talking about an anti-radar missile, the main targets of which are sources of radio emission, which are integral parts of complexes and systems of air-missile defense.
The American press confirmed information that the AGM-88G AARGM-ER was tested from an F-18 multipurpose aircraft (F / A-18E / F) in the area of the Pacific Point Mugu training ground. It is part of the so-called US Western Proving Grounds, where missile tests are carried out.
At the same time, in the American media, the new supersonic missile is designated as "the destroyer of existing and promising anti-aircraft missile systems." There are often statements that the tests were associated with "testing the capabilities to destroy the S-400 air defense system." American journalists, referring to representatives of the Pentagon, write that "the tests were successful." At the same time, it is not noted that it was on the territory of the test site that it could serve as an imitation of the Russian-made S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system.
Reportedly, "tests of the latest anti-radar missiles have confirmed the ability to destroy modern air defense-missile defense systems." It adds that the missile is capable of destroying targets that "pose a threat to American combat aircraft, as well as to aviation allies ".
Thus, the United States is trying to neutralize the advantage that Russia (and other countries armed with the S-400) have in terms of air defense and missile defense. A separate question is to what extent one can generally speak of the "success of tests" in destroying the same S-400, when instead of real systems there is some kind of imitation of them. Unless, to consider the variant of the "reaction" of the rocket to the radio signal emanating from the "imitation of" Triumph "...
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