Air Force (Air Force) The United States on the basis of Anglin (Florida) conducted exercises Emerald Flag ("Emerald flag"), which as a simulator of the target of a potential enemy was used anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) military air defense (air defense) "Cube ""Russian production", writes Defense Blog.
In" modeling foreign threats and targets for American fighters", other" Russian-made combat vehicles " were also involved, in particular, T-72 tanks, the publication notes.
earlier in december, defense blog reported that the us air force "destroyed" russian s-400 triumph anti-aircraft missile systems, su-34 supersonic fighter-bombers and submarines during the emerald flag exercise.
in september 2019, the commander of the us air force in europe, jeffrey harrigan , said that the pentagon has a plan to break through the multi-layer air defense of the kaliningrad region.
in august 2018, harrigan, then head of the us air force central command, noted that washington was actively monitoring russian weapons in syria.
The Kub air defense system was mass-produced in the USSR from 1967 to 1983. Currently, these systems are not used on the territory of modern Russia, but, according to open sources, they may be in service in foreign Russian bases, in particular, in Gyumri (Armenia). The Soviet T-72 is the most massive second-generation tank in the world. This combat vehicle, which has been modified, as a result of which it belongs to the third generation, is in service with the Russian army.
