Missile Mystery Solved: Ukrainian Air Force’s Deadly Weapon Revealed
Kiev, Ukraine – The Ukrainian air force’s recent downing of a rare Russian A-50 radar plane with an ex-Soviet S-200 missile has revealed surprising capabilities of the aging air-defense system. Contrary to initial assumptions that an American Patriot missile was responsible, the S-200’s range proved to be a decisive factor in the successful strike. Reports from Ukrainian magazine Pravda indicated that the Ukrainian military had reactivated some of its old S-200 systems, originally part of …