An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia. Few modern missile systems have had such significance as the S-300 family. Highly regarded technically, Russia's most powerful air-defense systems have been a major strategic asset to the country, exported to major powers around the world, and are a key weapon in many international hotspots and in recent wars. In this book, professional missile systems analyst Steve Zaloga uses his specialist knowledge to assess and analyse them in detail. He explains that the S-300 is, in fact, three systems: the S-300P, designed as a replacement for older Soviet strategic SAM systems, the S-300V, developed to defend against Pershing ballistic missiles, and the S-300F, designed for ship defense. He also considers the supplementary S-350 system and the new-generation S-400 system, deployed in Syria and sold to both China and Turkey. An assessment of the latest S-500 system, designed to counter ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles, is also provided. Packed with detailed colour artwork and new photos, this book explains the considerable evolution of the S-300 family, perhaps the world's most famous strategic SAM, over the last three decades.

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia. Few modern missile systems have had such significance as the S-300 family. Highly regarded technically, Russia's most powerful air-defense systems have been a major strategic asset to the country, exported to major powers around the world, and are a key weapon in many international hotspots and in recent wars. In this book, professional missile systems analyst Steve Zaloga uses his specialist knowledge to assess and analyse them in detail. He explains that the S-300 is, in fact, three systems: the S-300P, designed as a replacement for older Soviet strategic SAM systems, the S-300V, developed to defend against Pershing ballistic missiles, and the S-300F, designed for ship defense. He also considers the supplementary S-350 system and the new-generation S-400 system, deployed in Syria and sold to both China and Turkey. An assessment of the latest S-500 system, designed to counter ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles, is also provided. Packed with detailed colour artwork and new photos, this book explains the considerable evolution of the S-300 family, perhaps the world's most famous strategic SAM, over the last three decades.

The Scud missile was developed as the centerpiece of Soviet plans to fight nuclear war in the heart of Europe. However, it was never used in its intended role and has instead become a symbol of the changing nature of warfare in the aftermath of the Cold War. Saddam Hussein's Iraqi armed forces were almost helpless in the face of the Coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War; the only weapon that Iraq could use to injure the Coalition forces was its arsenal of Scud missiles. This book explores the development and variants of the missile and its launch systems, its proliferation outside of the West, and its role in conflicts around the world.

A comprehensive databook of technical and institutional facts about the Soviet and Russian nuclear arsenal.

Pantsir MissileThe Pantsir-S1 (Carapcace-C1) is a new generation short-range low/medium altitude missile/gun air defence complex that entered service with the Air Defence Forces of the Russian Federation in 2010 and has been exported to a number of nations over the past several years.This volume sets out to detail the Pantsir-S1 complex in service with the Russian Federation and provides details of those systems delivered to export customers. In regards to the combat vehicle element of the Pantsir-S1 complex, the volume focuses primarily on the 72B6-E wheeled chassis fielded by the Russian Federation. However, other combat vehicle platforms, wheeled and tracked chassis, known, in 2017, to be integrated with the Pantsir-S1 complex, are also detailed as is the Arctic optimised Pantsir-SA and the Pantsir-ME warship-borne complex.All technical data relating to the respective weapon systems and their components have been provided by the respective design bureaus and manufacturers, as has much of the imagery and graphics with additional impute from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today's Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here's what the experts are saying: "A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike." -Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World War II and Editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. "Congratulations to Les Grau and Chuck Bartles on filling a gap which has yawned steadily wider since the end of the USSR. Their book addresses evolving Russian views on war, including the blurring of its nature and levels, and the consequent Russian approaches to the Ground Forces' force structuring, manning, equipping, and tactics. Confidence is conferred on the validity of their arguments and conclusions by copious footnoting, mostly from an impressive array of primary sources. It is this firm grounding in Russian military writings, coupled with the authors' understanding of war and the Russian way of thinking about it, that imparts such an authoritative tone to this impressive work." -Charles Dick, former Director of the Combat Studies Research Centre, Senior Fellow at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, author of the 1991 British Army Field Manual, Volume 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art and author of From Victory to Stalemate The Western Front, Summer 1944 and From Defeat to Victory, The Eastern Front, Summer 1944. "Dr. Lester Grau's and Chuck Bartles' professional research on the Russian Armed Forces is widely read throughout the world and especially in Russia. Russia's Armed Forces have changed much since the large-scale reforms of 2008, which brought the Russian Army to the level of the world's other leading armies. The speed of reform combined with limited information about their core mechanisms represented a difficult challenge to the authors. They have done a great job and created a book which could be called an encyclopedia of the modern armed forces of Russia. They used their wisdom and talents to explore vital elements of the Russian military machine: the system of recruitment and training, structure of units of different levels, methods and tactics in defense and offence and even such little-known fields as the Arctic forces and the latest Russian combat robotics." -Dr. Vadim Kozyulin, Professor of Military Science and Project Director, Project on Asian Security, Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project PIR Center, Moscow. "Probably the best book on the Russian Armed Forces published in North America during the past ten years. A must read for all analysts and professionals following Russian affairs. A reliable account of the strong and weak aspects of the Russian Army. Provides the first look on what the Russian Ministry of Defense learned from best Western practices and then applied them on Russian soil." -Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Moscow-based Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and member of the Public Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Author of Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, Russia's New Army, and The Tanks of August.

IHS Jane's Land Warfare Platforms: Armoured Fighting Vehicles provides exhaustive profiles of land military fighting platforms currently in development and under production around the world. IHS Jane's Land Warfare Platforms: Armoured Fighting Vehicles delivers comprehensive global profiles of armored land platforms, providing A&D businesses with the land warfare market intelligence that drives successful business development, strategy and product development activity, and providing military and security organizations with the critical technical information that they need in order to develop and maintain long-term land combat capability advantage.

The authors assess alternatives for a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) across a broad set of potential characteristics and situations. They use the current Minuteman III as a baseline to develop a framework to characterize alternative classes of ICBMs, assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives, and weigh those alternatives against their cost.

Iran’s rocket and missile forces serve a wide range of Iranian strategic objectives. These forces range from relatively short-range artillery rockets that support its ground forces and limit the need for close air support to long-range missiles that can reach any target in the region and the development of booster systems that might give Iran the ability to strike at targets throughout Europe and even in the United States. Iran’s forces and systems are steadily evolving. While the lethality of most current systems is limited by a reliance on conventional warheads, poor accuracy, and uncertain reliability, Iran is developing steadily improved guidance systems, attempting to improve the lethality of its conventional warheads, and has at least studied arming its missiles with nuclear warheads.

7 June 2020This book provides a description and drawings of the following Russian missiles: HYPERSONIC MISSILES Objekt 4202 ("Avangard" HGV) SS-N-33 Zirkon (3M-22 Hypersonic Missile) SA-N-9 Gauntlet (Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" ALBM) LAND-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILES SS-18 Mod 5/6 Satan (R-36M2 "Voevoda" ICBM) SS-19 Mod 4 Stiletto (UR-100N ICBM) SS-21 Scarab (OTR-21 "Tochka" SRBM) SS-24 Scalpel (RT-23 "Molodets" ICBM) SS-25 Sickle (RT-2PM "Topol" ICBM) SS-26 Stone (9K720 "Iskander" SRBM) SS-27 Mod 1 Sickle B (RT-2PM2 "Topol-M" ICBM) SS-29 (RS-24 "Yars" ICBM) SS-X-30 Satan-2 (RS-28 "Sarmat" ICBM) SS-X-31 Saber (RS-26 "Rubezh" ICBM) SS-X-32Zh Scalpel B (RS-27 "Barguzin" ICBM) SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES SS-N-18 Stingray (R-29R "Vysota" SLBM) SS-N-23 Skiff (R-29RMU2 "Layner" SLBM) SS-NX-30 (RSM-56 "Bulava" SLBM) CRUISE MISSILES SSC-8 (9M729 GLCM) SSC-X-9 Skyfall (9M730 "Petrel") SS-N-19 Shipwreck (P-700 "Granit" ASCM) SS-N-21 Sampson (RK-55 Cruise Missile) SS-N-26 Strobile (P-800 Oniks 'Yakhont') SS-N-27 Sizzler (3M54 "Kalibr" ASCM) SS-N-30A (Land Attack Cruise Missile) AS-15 Kent (Kh-55 ALCM) AS-23A / AS-23B Kodiak (Kh-101 / Kh-102 ALCM) There are a lot of Russian ballistic and we can't show all of them in one book. We will probably release a book on Russian Surface-to-Air missiles next, then a book on Russian Air-ti-Air missiles.