“Because while we were doing the C-400, the Americans started fussing, stealing something and bringing it up to a certain standard,” said Ashurbeyli. According to the former CEO, the C-400 and C-500 systems have no competitors.
According to Ashurbeyli, the radius of destruction of the S-300 launchers delivered by Russia to Syria, depending on the type of missiles, ranges from 150 to 250 kilometers.
“By the way, the dumping of Israeli guided bombs during the infamous raid, when our IL-20 died, was conducted from a distance of 100 kilometers. And this means that if the Syrians have S-300s, if we had delivered them to Syria in 2013 (and we refused at the great request of Tel Aviv), then the F-16 could not fly so easily, ”the former head said. .
The delivery of the S-300 to Syria was caused by an incident that occurred in September, when a Russian reconnaissance aircraft was hit by a missile from the Syrian air defense system, which tracked the Israeli F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter. Russia believes that the S-300 will strengthen the Syrian defense.
The S-300PM anti-aircraft missile system is based on the S-300PS complex. Russia adopted the S-300PM in service in 1993. The upgraded complex is capable of destroying aircraft and hypersonic cruise missiles at a distance of up to 200 kilometers.
Currently, Doctor of Technical Sciences Ashurbeyli, who held the position of general director of Almaz-Antey in 2001-2011, is the head of Asgardia. The emergence of a state being created in outer space, suggesting a monarchical form of government, was announced in October 2016.
