AmirPatriot
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i'm no expert , but the s-300 and 400 at least by their designation sound like AA systems made solely for the purpose of export , they look like too much for iran to operate easily , they are not like the Tor , i know Tor is short ranged , but the russian themselves used their BUK missiles to bring down that malaysian airliner , i know it was an airliner but still it was flying at a quite high altitude , in the balkan war they brought down the american f-117 , with their primitive 60s era SAMs not with a s-300 or 400 , and s-500 doesn't even exist , look for it in google images and you may be surprised by your find ...
Where did you hear the Russians took down the Malaysian airliner? How do you know it wasn't the Ukrainians?
S-300/400 aren't solely for export, they are used en masse by the Russian military. Such powerful systems are required to reliably and consistently destroy advanced aircraft, not just 1 out of dozens of stealth planes.
S-500 does exist and is in development, as far as I know the Russians are going to do a live fire test this year. It has huge 600 km range for ballistic targets and maximum 400 km for aircraft. It's going to be one kickass mothafucka.