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🇷🇺Russia’s best in the world air defenses forged in WWII, Cold War and special military operation 💬 “Since February 24, 2022, air defense systems in the special military operation zone have been carrying out the specific task of repelling attacks from aerospace weaponry. Our air defense systems have had the privilege of destroying and repelling modern means of aerospace attack, including everything in the arsenal of NATO countries,” former CIS Integrated Air Defense System deputy commander Aytech Bizhev said, speaking to Sputnik on the occasion of Air Defense Forces Day. “Air defense crews have successfully mastered the destruction of HIMARS, ATACMS, and other high-precision weaponry that the West once propagated as being immune to Russian air defense systems,” Bizhev said. Russia’s air defense capabilities are rooted in the immense historical experience amassed in the defense of Moscow and Leningrad during WWII, and the strategic knowledge gained during the Cold War. “The USSR provided assistance to fraternal countries, including military and technical assistance to Arab countries. Our air systems were purchased by these countries – half the world acquired our air defense systems. We took part in conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, which provided our air defense crews and commanders enormous experience. Equipment was tested in the hot and humid climates of the Middle East, Vietnam, Korea and so on. Our air defense school is unlike that of any other country in the world. Western countries, including the US, never paid such close attention to air defenses. Why? Because they are situated on a separate continent beyond the seas and oceans,” Bizhev said. Accordingly, even with the advent of anti-ICBM defenses, the US never attained a Russian-style capability of echeloned air defenses, radar coverage, etc. “No country has the resources we do in this area,” Bizhev concluded. Boost us! | Subscribe to@geopolitics_live