Russia's fearsome S-400 air-defense system isn't quite living up to the hype in Ukraine

Tue, 05/21/2024 - 10:08

S-400 Triumph systems in Moscow's Red Square — S-400 Triumph systems rehearse before the World War II anniversary in Moscow in 2017.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia's S-400 air-defense system is feared.
But Ukraine has been able to destroy some, including, it seems, with older weapons.
Experts say it's still a formidable system, but the West could learn from Ukraine's wins.

The performance of the Russian military's top air-defense system in Ukraine has shown it's vulnerable to even some older Western missiles, and wins against it could give the West new ideas on how to defeat it, experts say.