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Russian air defense systems are capable of defeating Taurus cruise missiles, Igor Korotchenko, military expert and editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, told TASS on May 30.
The Taurus KEPD 350 is a Swedish-German low-observable, air-launched cruise missile that is manufactured in Germany by Taurus Systems.
The missile utilizes a GPS-aided inertial navigation system backed by a terrain contour matching system. The same thermographic camera used for terrain navigation helps the missile home on its target during final approach using image matching.
The double 500-kilogram warhead of the missile features a precharge and initial penetrating charge that are designed to defeat hardened underground targets.
Korotchenko acknowledged that the Taurus is “a difficult target, but said that Russian air defense systems, namely the Buk-M2/M3, S-300V4 and S-400, possess the capabilities to “detect and successfully destroy this type of targets.”
Buk-M3 medium-range air defense systems have demonstrated their capability to destroy various air-launched targets, including cruise missiles, in the zone of the special military operation, he told TASS, stressing that the ability to “detect and engage these targets are available.”
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Korotchenko noted, however, that the military potentials of Ukraine “should be taken very seriously, especially in a large-scale strike.”
“Proceeding from this, we state that the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukrainian armed forces poses the risks of the conflict’s major escalation compared to the current situation,” he said.
Earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said again that he did not rule out the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
Merz said on May 26 that Germany would lift range restrictions on the weapons that Berlin and its allies were supplying to Kiev. He noted that the United States, Great Britain and France had made a similar decision.
At a joint press conference with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in Berlin on May 28, Merz affirmed again that there were no longer any range limits on weapons supplied to Kiev for delivering strikes on Russian territory.
The Taurus is comparable to the Anglo-French Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile, which the United Kingdom, France and Italy supplied to Ukraine last year. Ukraine reportedly received an export version of the Storm Shadow with the range downgraded from 560 kilometers to just 250.
There is no downgraded version of the Taurus, which means Germany will either supply Ukraine with the original version that can in theory reach the Russian capital, Moscow, and the Crimean Bridge, or spend time and effort to cut down the range of the missile.
The Storm Shadow failed to give Ukraine any advantage. The Taurus is highly unlikely to do any better. The Russian military will likely use the same tactics it developed to counter Storm Shadow against the Taurus, which includes targeting carrier warplanes from long ranges, using systems like the S-300V4 and S-400, as well as attempting to jam and intercept the missile on the medium and short ranges with systems like the Buk-M2/M3.
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here they go again, nato/ukrainians scrambling to lower the morale of their enemies—because that’s their only remaining trick. with no real arguments to offer and an overblown sense of superiority, they just assume anyone who disagrees must be dumb. no surprise when it backfires. maybe it’s time they faced the truth: no one sees them as the moral high ground anymore—they’re just a mess of corruption and nonsense now.
when you are confident in your cause, you don’t need to lie, censor, cancel elections or cheat. just saying.
well, if you havent take part in the clown spectacle “nuclear weapon”, you maybe had have something useful, for to get rid of “us”, and also the amoebas in germany. this is ridiculous. blow the capitals in europe to kingdom hell, so they notice what they are doing in palestine.
it would be funny to take over the guidance of this missile and send it back to berlin. they obviously did not get the message the last time when the fuhrer had to move to argentina🤫
if they try it berlin should be turned to rat shit.
whether russia can defeat that missile isn’t the point, the point is if it is launched against moscow that is a declaration of war between germany and russia because that missile can’t be operated by ukrainians, russia has already threatened to hit berlin if they are stupid enough to use it.
from what i hear, most every russian man on the street’s opinion is to hit berlin immediately if a taurus manages to hit moscow.
ok but russian oligarchy want trade and business relation with west once the war is over and they will preassure kremlin in order not to hit germany.
nah, that boat left the harbor long ago. even oligarchs have consciences when push comes to shove.
the war has always been nato vs russia. ukraine is just a puppet to be sacrificed for the altar of currency control . hello brics !
no, it is the us vs russia. the destabilization of the region is plan b after the failure to fracture russia with the ukrainian chucky doll.
no, clod, this is nato’s fight – always has been since charlemagne’s time. usa is just the latest group of mercenaries to be hired, like the normans, prussians or hessians before them.
when russia is ready the germans will be asking themselves how they can defend their military bases from the oreshnik. and how they will escalate from there. while the german people may ask why the zionists were allowed to destroy their country with immigration and use them as cannon fodder.
all of europe is a construct of the rothschild synagogue of satan, they control the money supply and decision making, same thing under the sun. the best thing to do is to get out of this money grabbing machine of hell. they don’t take getting kicked out like the kikes they are.
bankers only do things with other peoples’ money and at their clients’ behest. and baron rothschild (the original rothschild baronetcies were from the austrian empire in 1822) was always known as “the vatican’s banker”. europe was created by charlemagne, the first holy roman emperor, and his successors (the borgias, the de medicis, the del dragos, the hapsburgs, the orsinis, the ruspolis) still run things to this day.
south front published this because russia can’t block even quarter of this missile. russia is weak and becoming weaker and weaker. glasnost is coming to moscow.
ukrainians are very experienced and will soon produce even more dangerous missiles than krauts.
produce where? in garage or cave?
…and then they’ll sell them to north korea, cartels or the highest bidder, like they’ve done in the past.
meanwhile, zaluzhny was overheard on an open mic during a bbc interview with starmer “things are getting a little rough for us out there. it sure ain’t like the good old days of herding folks into trade buildings and setting it on fire.”, while starmer nodded in typical anglo-saxon stupor.
your boss said the same about the uk “brave name ” storm shadow care to tell us what russia did to them ? storm shadow shot down 9th july 2023 -studied the wreckage and produced weapons defeating it .
let a missile hit moscow and there will be 250.000 new russian volunteers to fight nato💯
probably 2.5 million volunteers
highly overhyped russian hyperbolic missiles have become laugh stock also just like whole pathetic russian military.
do you know what means hyperbolic, you moron?
he wrote that while he was hyperventilating. anyway, the only way he can convince himself ukraine is winning is by an excessive use of hyperbole.
in the words of the wascally wabbit “what a maroon!”
any real proof of that jimmy or did your uk supervisor ( probably an englishman ) tell you ?
“appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” sun tzu, the art of war.
ukrainian/nato propagandists desperately trying to make russia appear weak just shows how dumb they are.
russian hypersonic (or “hyperbolic”) missiles may not be as revolutionary or unbeatable as some claims suggest, with some experts and analysts questioning their real-world capabilities and impact. while these missiles can travel at high speeds and are difficult to intercept, they may not represent a game-changing shift in military technology, and their effectiveness might be exaggerated.
care to devulge who those “experts ” are gunnar ? probably fox “news “.
“they travel at high speed and are difficult to intercept” : that is the whole point of the weapon ! you can shoot at something of value and the enemy can’t react ! you have to be seriously comprehension impaired to produce a text like “gunnar” here.
backed up by the guardian lol
and the sun/mirror/independent/i/express/daily star/bbc/itv/channel 4[bore]/channel 5/ …
what’s not exaggerated are zelensky’s constant pleas to western nations to recognize his perpetual victimhood and guarantee him a safe offshore haven once he decides to flee ukraine.
well he is a joo, and joo’s always play the victim, just like a lot of western entitled women do.
one way to find out. but its bad news if you cant stop them. all you got is a simulation of stopping 1 i repeat 1 missile that might have been stopped.as for patriots, their good at stopping apartment buildings, cant even hit a kinzal
the same can also be said for western/nato missiles.
last hope of russian military seems to be t-34/76.
vodka, lada, muddy roads, outdoor toilets and agony is the smiling face of mother russia.
all the american and uk/german tanks given “brave names ” were blown apart by the russian military and that includes some israeli tanks .they were the wests “last hope”.
despite the fact that vladimir putin includes both kinzhal and zircon in his list of russian “super weapons” that nobody can defend against, initial reporting suggests that 140 of the barrage were intercepted, including the zircon and all but one of the kinzhals before december 2024.
“initial reports from zelensky ” so it must be true ??????
the ukrainians intercepted all these hypersonic missiles with their faces. they have mastered the technique.
some though with their butts, but i suppose that’s really the same thing.
nah, it was from klitchko, who found one buried in a road during a punch drunk stupor.
moscow will get very “hot” this summer…heheheh
why not now ? why is it always in the future ?
summer is usually hot you ignoramus.
hypersonics are an evolution in maritime warfare, not a revolution. ukraine is proving this with increasing regularity and, over land, in arguably less favourable conditions. nato will follow suit and invest accordingly and show allies and adversaries that we are serious about unilateral and collective defence.
nato just proved that it cannot win against russia and all that it can objectively achieve is suicide. throwing money at problems is the way of the us and it failed to produce any actual hypersonic missiles. just a lot of hot air. just like you.
unfortunately, your ‘defense’ smells offensively to saner minds, while thinking you’re too clever by half.
hitler looked like a military genius in his last days when compared to merz.
is it true that merz tried to grow a top knot on his head to show ukrainian solidarity but messed that one up too?
it will come the day when russia will realize that destroying europe with just a part of russian nukes will be inevitable. us uses europe as a launching pad against russia since 1917. americans will have the option of dying for europe or leave for their fantasyland…
just about 20 or 30 russian bulava warheads. each missile can carry 6 warheads. 5 bulavas in france nuclear power plants. europe will become a radioactive cemetery. nukes on npps should be russian orbat against nato
horrible as all that would be, it is after all what the euros are pushing for. don’t their citizens have any backbone?
as explosions near desantnaya bay in russia’s vladivostok on may 30 once again proved, russian military is unable to be protected. ukrainian operations will come sooner or later. missiles, drones and other explosions can hunt down troops even after they have been moved out from eastern ukraine. 155th separate marine brigade got taste of it.
i’ll have the same thing you are smoking if you tell me who your seller is.
hope you can swim as “a drowning man will clutch at a straw.” thomas more
this is almost funny , because it is so pathetic . banker mafia mindset = we can’t win so let’s lose / waste even more . rhetoric and propaganda does not assist nations or win wars . so they look to ai to save their sinking ship
as russia humiliates all nato i tantrum more at south front
5 bulavas against france nuclear power plants! yurop kaput! but russia is too kind to yuropeans… i wouldn´t be!
rafales taken down by pakistanis with chinese fighters/missiles… i said and i repeat… nato is a paper tiger, i doubt their nukes even work… uk/france nukes at least (no launches in almost a decade!) the myth of western superiority was taken down by the war on former soviet republic of ukraine, no one fears europe anymore…
russia adopted chinese taoist approach… let the west bleed… and they´re bleeding fast…
that useless disbarred lawyer alexander mercouris is on his channel pontificating that the taurus missiles will be launched within a couple of weeks. no explanation as to how, given that ukraine does not have any typhoons, tornados, hornets, south korean ‘slam eagles’ or saab gripens in their pitiful excuse for an air force. people with absolutely no experience with munitions should just shut up and stop proving their incompetence.
mercouris is one of the most astute commentators to appear in the last 20 years. you wish you had his perceotive skills. it’s that co-pilot of his that wastes too much viewer time trying to get a few words in, while just repeating what mercouris said but wrapped in a new bow.
but you do have a point on this one. i might add though, that it never hurts to prepare for worst case scenarios.
i agree about his “amerikin” sidekick being a total waste of time, but mercouris is nowhere near as astute as he thinks he is. the mistake his viewers make is to think he is english; he is a greek immigrant. and while that is not in itself a bad thing, it means that he has no historical background to draw on when it comes to britain itself. but i agree, when he sticks to subjects where he has experience (finance, commerce) he is quite informative.
just another wunderwaffe that won’t do what its supposed to do.