The 48N6 series of missiles seemed like a fairly tight fit for the S-300-series tube, so I had a difficult time imagining a missile with purportedly twice the range being squeezed into it (unless they went with the SA-23B solution):



Have you heard anything about Russian CEC? Seems like you could run into the same problem with the SA-5/S-200 if a contact simply dived below the radar horizon once it ascertained a launch and having now way to feed mid-course updates with something like a CEC-capable AWACS or JLENS.

Last edited by Agiel7; 04/25/15 06:17 PM.