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Q:
Are the S400 missiles better than patriot missiles?
I will answer definitly with Yes.
Lets Start with cost of a missile battery of both S-400 and MIM-104 Patriot-based on sails for Saudi-Arabia Patriots cost 3 Billions a battery…S-400 Triumph Battery costs 300–500 millions (to be just you will need more millions to add search radars and other equipment )but still the S-400 cost less than 1/5 the Ptriot witch is ??!!!!!!!!!!! wear ,No? !!!
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The S-400 comes with multiple missiles that give it wide options to shoot-down different targets,while the Patriot have 3 main types only 2 are Practicaly used and it’s more suited for against ballistic targets.
- 9M96E Against close range targets.
- 9m96e2 with 120 km against all medium range aerial aerodynamic targets .
- 48N6E3/DM with 200–250 km against ballistic and longe range targets.
- 40N6 E against very long range targets
The Patriot Battery have less Equipment than S-400 specially the old one PAC-2.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE S-400 AND THE PATRIOT:
S-400: 400 km range max.
Patriot:160 range max.
- Range Vs ballistic missiles(this one is interesting):
S-400 :60 km .
Patriot:50 km .
- Target elimination Altitude:
S-400:
Max — 27 km , min — 0,01 km.
Patriot:
Max — 24 km , min — 0,06 km.
*Still even the 9m96E2 can reach hight of 70 km (unuasually) and 40N6 can go up 185 km.
- Range of radar coverage using integrated Radars:
S-400:600 km.
Patriot:150-200 km.
- Maximum speed of targets for successful elimination:
S-400:Mach 15.
Patriot:Mach 6.
S-400:360 degrees.
Patriot:45 degrees.
You need 4 Launchers of Patriot to cover all 360 degree angles witch is little bad in logistics and overal system cost.
- Mobility and Deployment time
S-400:5 minutes/mobile.
Patriot:30 minutes (may be less in PAC-3) /tracked.
The reaction time for both Aerial Aerodynamic targets and Ballistic missiles is in favor of the S-400 Triumph ,Radars connected to the S-400 are completely networked and yes S-400 batteries come with AESA radars like Gamma DEM S/X band and NEBO .
91N6E Search/Engagment Radar of the S-400 is advanced and more powerful than any comparable Land-Based system and mutch the latest SPY- Radar types working with AEGIS.
Patriot Performence in Saudi Arabia vs Big-Drones /cruise missiles and even Tactical ballistic missiles in the size of Burkan-2 /Scud type and Qaher 1–2–missiles was not that impresive,many lone missiles hit there targets,Bypassing there targets easily.
The leftovers from Houthi missiles shows that the Patriot’s kinetic warhead is not doing the best and missils hit there targets in many time -even those they claim them as successful intercepts-I can understand that anyway-
The S-400 can be integrated with most old generation Systems -Russian of curse- and this make it easy for other countries to put it in there arsenals the Patriot don’t have this capability.-accept with big huge modifications -