(Dan Tri) – Experts say it is entirely possible that Ukraine’s Patriot air defense system was attacked, after Russia announced that it had destroyed this complex with its hypersonic Kinzhal missile.
A Patriot air defense complex (Illustration: US Army).
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on May 16 that the country destroyed the Patriot complex with Kinzhal missiles.
According to expert Tyler Rogoway, editor-in-chief of military website The War Zone, the Patriot being attacked or destroyed by enemy weapons is not a surprising development for observers.
According to Mr. Rogoway, Patriot’s sophisticated and modern radar system can create a huge electromagnetic trail and it is not difficult for Russia to detect this complex using tactics.
On the other hand, Patriot complexes are not very mobile and it takes time to move them from one location to another.
In addition, according to this expert, in order for Patriot to quickly appear, Russia has used decoy tactics.
Theoretically, a Patriot battery is made up of many components that can be spread over a fairly large area.
Ukraine’s Patriot missile complex was destroyed by Russian missiles (Video: Avia Pro).
According to Mr. Rogoway, it is a very clear fact that air defense complexes are not impenetrable.
In 2017, the Houthi rebel group used Qasef small suicide UAVs to attack two factories of Saudi Arabian oil and gas corporation Aramco.
According to expert Rogoway, just a single air defense system, no matter how powerful, is difficult to effectively prevent a large number of offensive weapons.
Therefore, Mr. Rogoway said that in the coming time, information that Russia continues to attack Patriot will not be a surprise because Moscow still considers this a top target and they will continue to apply tactics to force them to attack Patriot.
On the other hand, according to the above expert, yesterday’s incident is considered a test for Patriot in real combat.
