Anti-air thread: Everything that goes up must come down, and we'll help you go down

[LoooSeR]

Turkish Atilgan AA system with Stingers, at Turkish-Syrian border.

[Bronezhilet]

SM-3 launch on the USS Ross

 

[SuperComrade]

PZRK Igla

[Walter_Sobchak]

Bofors 40mm.  Nuff said.

 

[Bronezhilet]

More NASAMS 2

[Tied]

Turkish Atilgan AA system with Stingers, at Turkish-Syrian border.

Mounted on a Gavin?

Thats odd for a stinger system. Though it makes sense

[Belesarius]

S-400s are staying in Syria, not part of the drawdown.

 

http://alert5.com/2016/03/17/s-400-to-remain-in-syria/

 

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/498493

[Tied]

S-400s are staying in Syria, not part of the drawdown.

 

http://alert5.com/2016/03/17/s-400-to-remain-in-syria/

 

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/498493

 

getting S-400s on the ground was as important, if not more, than defending Syria from Jihadists 

[Bronezhilet]

getting S-400s on the ground was as important, if not more, than defending Syria from Jihadists 

As a sign to Turkey?

"Don't you fucking dare cross our borders again"?

[Tied]

well it was always something that i think was going to be deployed, and much more aimed at the United States and Isreal/HATO in the broader picture 

[CrashbotUS]

Since not all AA is mechanised, I put it in the Aerospace section. If it belongs somewhere else, please move.

 

Patriot system:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System 2 (NASAMS 2):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fennek Stinger:

 

 

 

That is one sexy artillery target right there. 

[LoooSeR]

So i posted this vehicle in General cars thread. But somebody noted interesting thing...

 

S-500 AA system

[Belesarius]

Russia has cleared it's new shoulder fired SAM for Export. The 9K333 Verba SAM is Russia's new replacement for the Igla.  IIRC, the Russian Army has recently received a bunch of these.

 

http://alert5.com/2016/03/24/russia-clears-9k333-verba-manpads-for-export/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h224znB2Ito&feature=player_embedded

[LoooSeR]

Verba MANPADS PR video:

[Belesarius]

I think that's the Russian version of the english language vid I posted.

[SuperComrade]

Guaranteed to cause at least 500 rage to the target shot at

[LoooSeR]

 

Myanmar just paraded its recently acquired 2K12 Kubs installed on MZKT-6922s around. What year was it again? 1973? 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

Looks like Egypt bought BUK-M2E

 

(2:28)

[Collimatrix]

Russia has cleared it's new shoulder fired SAM for Export. The 9K333 Verba SAM is Russia's new replacement for the Igla.  IIRC, the Russian Army has recently received a bunch of these.

 

http://alert5.com/2016/03/24/russia-clears-9k333-verba-manpads-for-export/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h224znB2Ito&feature=player_embedded

 

Very curious if this has a focal plane array sensor, since the FPA upgrade for stinger was cancelled by Rumsfeld.

[LoooSeR]

[LoooSeR]

DEFEXPO India 2016, Verba MANPADS shown on such type of events for the first time.

[LoooSeR]

Looks like FD-2000 AA system from China (FD-2000 is export version of HQ-9) was used during latest anti-terrorist training in Turkmenistan

From training

 

FD-2000 photos

 

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i feel young again! 

[Belesarius]

i feel young again! 

I LOL'd. FRSRS.

[LoooSeR]

Radar vehicle, part of BUK-M2 AA system, on the way to Palmyra.

EDIT: misID that vehicle.