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Although it looks like a Tomahawk launch, the man in the video says "Ballistic missile fired".
That's why I said SAMs can't bring down BMs like it did in the video.
The S-400's response time from stopping the vehicle to firing an interceptor is just 5 minutes.
A fully deployed S-400's response time from detecting the target to firing an interceptor is 10 seconds. Meaning, the entire process from Stage 1 to Stage 5 is 10 seconds. Yes, 10 seconds.
Against certain targets, there is no man in the loop. Against some targets, there is. In fact, for the S-400, the man in the loop is an option. You actually don't need it.
Here's one exercise with the very old S-300V. This system requires a man in the loop.
http://army-news.ru/2010/10/kompleks-s300-vpervye-porazil/
" The density of the strike reached six goals in a minute, and all two minutes of battle, destroyed 14 target missiles - unique perspective of air attack potential enemy," - said the general.
With the S-400, all the men in the unit can be dead and the SAM can still continue to function. This is among the reasons why both India and China want the Russian SAMs even though both countries have alternative systems deployed.
In fact our Defence Minister specifically asked the IAF to reduce the purchase of SR and MR SAMs because of the superiority of the S-400. He called for a review of all SAM purchases up to 2027.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...saved-rs-49300-crore/articleshow/51366381.cms
Sources told ET that the revaluation conducted by the air force concluded that with the S400 acquisition, the long term acquisition plan for over 100 each Medium and Short range systems have been cut down. "The study found that we will require a much lesser number of the shorter range systems. Minister Parrikar convinced the air force that according to its layered defence plan, the long range system (S 400) would make the larger number of MR SAM and SR SAM redundant," a top official told ET.
The Russians want to automate their entire army. Remove the man in the loop as much as possible.
First of all, they said Ballistic Missile because they want it to be more dramatic, again, this is not a true representation on what is actually going to happen
You are missing the point.
You cannot be automate to be conduct the whole firing sequence, even US Navy are highly automated, they still need to do a lot of manual calculation and from the reaction time. As I said, I am not talking about ready firing sequence, which is as a whole stage 5, you still need to verify the missile type and status, and that you cannot do with computer.