S-500: Russia’s Plan to Make the F-22, F-35, and the B-21 Raider Obsolete

S-500: Russia’s Plan to Make the F-22, F-35, and the B-21 Raider Obsolete

Key Points and Summary – Russia claims its S-400 and new S-500 systems can see and kill stealth aircraft, but that assertion is only partly convincing. Long-range, multi-band radars may detect “something” in the sky, yet turning a faint low-frequency return into a firm weapons-quality track against F-35s or B-21s is much harder. U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to recover the second B-21 Raider to arrive…