On November 23, 2024, a precision strike focused an S-400 air protection system within the village of Bolshoe Zhirovo, positioned in Russia’s Kursk area.
The missile strike reportedly destroyed key elements of the S-400 system, together with a radar station and two launchers, and resulted within the deaths of a number of high-ranking officers and technicians.
The strike was carried out utilizing three ATACMS (Military Tactical Missile System) ballistic missiles. Based on studies, the S-400 system was in a non-combat state present process upkeep and repairs on the time of the assault. The 92N6E radar station, an integral a part of the S-400’s monitoring and engagement system, was destroyed together with two missile launchers.
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The strike additionally claimed the lives of 5 officers from the S-400 division, together with the unit’s commander and chief of employees, in addition to three workers from Almaz-Antey JSC, the protection contractor answerable for the event of the S-400 system. The names of the deceased officers are: Main Maxim Solodovnikov; Captain Sergey Zavorin; Senior Lieutenant Nikita Pechenkin; Senior Lieutenant Yusup Kodzoev; Lieutenant Aleksey Podlipalov.
First confirmed profitable ATACMS strike on Russian soil. S-400 air defence system radar and two launchers have been destroyed within the Kursk area of Russia on 23.11.2024:
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The S-400 system, considered one in all Russia’s most superior air protection belongings, is often deployed to guard in opposition to a variety of aerial threats, together with plane, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The truth that the system was focused whereas present process repairs suggests a component of vulnerability that Ukrainian forces exploited successfully.
The usage of ATACMS by Ukraine has lengthy been a degree of rivalry, with Russia warning of escalatory penalties if these precision-guided missiles have been used in opposition to targets inside its borders. With this newest assault, the strategic calculus on either side could shift, probably prompting modifications in defensive postures and retaliation methods.
