While the range performance of the 9M82M/ME and 9M83M/ME missiles against aerial targets is not as good as the contemporary S-400 / SA-21 40N6 missile,
the 9M82M/ME matches the kinematic range of the S-400 / SA-21 48N6E3, and outperforms the S-300PMU2 Favorit / SA-20B 48N6E2 missile, and all earlier 48N6 series missiles. In terms of performance against ballistic targets, the 9M82M/ME outperforms the 48N6E2 missile and provides almost identical performance to the much newer 48N6E3 missile.
Importantly, the two stage S-300V/VM missiles are built for much higher acceleration than the S-300P missiles, also reflected in launch footage.
The result is that for engagements against aerial targets, the S-300V/VM missiles have a shorter time of flight, and at similar ranges will have considerably higher kinetic energy for endgame manoeuvres compared to their single stage 48N6 series cousins. The cited
average speed for the 9M82 missile across the whole trajectory is around 85-90% of the
maximum speed cited for the 48N6E2/E3 missiles
Commercially the S-300V/VM has been much less successful than the PVO optimised S-300P series, in part due to its higher cost and capability
The failure to secure export orders since 1991, in constrast to its technologically simpler and cheaper to build sibling, the S-300P series, has impacted funding for the S-300V program.
The Antey-2500 uses two different missiles.
The missiles are largely common in design. Both missiles are intended to engage aerial and ballistic targets
There are two type of missiles; the “light” missiles of maximum
range up to 130 km are launched by the launcher (up to four missiles on each launcher) and three types of “heavy” missiles,
range of up to 350 km, are launched by the launcher/launcher (two missiles of one type per loader/launcher
The highly mobile Antey S-300V and S-300VM remain one of the most lethal area defence SAM systems ever developed, firing hypersonic missiles designed to engage aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles
Rapidly deployable, high survivable, and highly lethal, these weapons are especially difficult to counter and require significant capabilities to robustly defeat.
The US Air Force currently envisages the F-22A Raptor as the primary weapon used to defeat these capable systems
It is important to note that no F/A-18 variant, nor the Joint Strike Fighter, were designed to penetrate the coverage of the S-300V/VM systems. The survivability of these aircraft will not be significantly better than that of legacy combat aircraft
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