- 30 Oct 2019 07:49
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Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono, in response to a question from the former Foreign Minister of Japan, made everyone doubt the technical capabilities of the American missile defense systems «Patriot» and «Aegis».
According to the test results of «Aegis» and its ground-based version of «Aegis Ashore», which use the SM-3 interceptor missiles, it turned out that they are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles only in ideal conditions. That is, when a missile flies along an unchanged path without any obstacles, which means that they are useless against Russian «Iskander» missiles.
As for the «Patriot» systems, they failed badly in Saudi Arabia, missing the attack at the refinery.
So why does Japan continue to purchase these defense systems «semblance» from the United States?
According to the test results of «Aegis» and its ground-based version of «Aegis Ashore», which use the SM-3 interceptor missiles, it turned out that they are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles only in ideal conditions. That is, when a missile flies along an unchanged path without any obstacles, which means that they are useless against Russian «Iskander» missiles.
As for the «Patriot» systems, they failed badly in Saudi Arabia, missing the attack at the refinery.
So why does Japan continue to purchase these defense systems «semblance» from the United States?
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