The Latest Moves Towards War in Europe – Russian Military in Crimea Receives S-300PMU Surface-to-Air Missile Systems

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Note: This latest move by Russia is meant to not only send NATO, specifically America, a strong message that they are not playing….this move also will checkmate any illusions by NATO war planners that they will enjoy air superiority in the skies over Europe or are able to launch a nuclear 1st strike on Russia, should war breakout!

Russian Military in Crimea Receives S-300PMU Surface-to-Air Missile Systems

The S300-PMU Favorit systems arrived in Crimea in November to protect the peninsula’s airspace.
S-300 missile system at the Second Ural Arms Exhibition

(Sputnik) – Russian military forces in Crimea have received new S-300PMU surface-to-air missile systems to protect the peninsula’s airspace, a Black Sea military source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
“With the appearance of the S-300PMU complexes, it can be said with confidence that a full-fledged missile shield has been created on the peninsula that is capable of providing for the security of the Black Sea Fleet [from threats] from the air,” the source said.

The S300-PMU Favorit systems, which the US Department of Defense has designated as an SA-10f with NATO’s reporting name as Grumble, arrived in Crimea in November. Their numbers and areas of deployment have not been disclosed.

The missile system has a maximum range of 200 kilometers (124 miles) and utilizes the Big Bird surveillance radar. The family of S-300 missile complexes is considered to be one of the best anti-aircraft missile systems in the world.

The S-300PMU systems were received by Russian military forces in Crimea, which reunified with Russia following a referendum in which more than 96 percent of voters backed the motion, amid NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and its increasing military presence near the country’s border.

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