sanel1412
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S-350 is not what you think,it is medium range air defence..not class of S-300....it will replace early version of S-300 P and PT variant..those are with max range 75 and 120km in Russia ,it is intended to make integration easier with less costIndia too skipped SU-35 and upgrading SU-30 instead to SU-35/SU-57 standard as part of Super Sukhoi upgrade program.
Iran should consider S-350 instead of S-300
Here is how it goes S-300 has two lines...P family developed for air defence and V for army,S-300V was intended to protect army large units close to battlefield,outside IADS..so it was developed on tracked high mobile TEls with ABM added to the system,that is why V has dedicated giant missiles(TEL with 2 larger lunchers)for ABM and also one more batalion level high altitude engagment radar,something no P family has,including S-400...from P version PT,PM,PMU1,PMU2 and PMU3 was developed ,latter they renamed PMU3 to S-400 for marketing reasons...while from V VM,antey 2500 and S-500 was developed,S-500 still in development and it will be aero space defense,with ABM included..After S-400 was finished,they redeveloped new PMU2 with same tech as S-400 for easy interconnection and integration,while they stoped production for all other variants..That is version Iran got,and that is why it is only PMU2 with SA-20C designation...it is different and more capable than original PMU2 developed from PMU1. Now,they also developed medium range S-350 to replace their P and PT variants at low cost,they share some components as command and control units,terminals ..etc with S-400 so they can integrate everything ,S-400 can be added at higher level as force multiplier..they did it in Syria..deployed S-300 and other AD with some S-400 at IADS level. In short..best you have below S-400 is PMU2...not S-350..PMU2 is same as S-400 with just two different radars and additional missile
This is best I can explain difference,most confusing is PMU2 version,since one is developed from PMU1 and latter they completly redeveloped it backwards from S-400 for integration and compability,and they probably count on export market..since now if you buy PMU2 you can always upgrade whole network...Russian PMU2 counterpart is PM2
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