Iran S-300 resemble on display

The author claimed the missile is faked and canister is oil drum build up to try pass off as missile canister.

But we shall wait and see. Iran always surprised us with lots of their self sufficient indigenuous industries.

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I rather believe they are oil drums than any missile canister. Why? look at the top park of the (so-called) canister (red color), there is not even a cover. How do the missiles come out?

However it is kind of clever. Because from the satellite or spy plane, it is really difficult to tell them from the real thing and so could actually attract AGM to them... thus wasting opponents' missiles while saving their precious assets (real S-300 missiles.)

If that was the intention, then putting them on display where people can get nice detailed pictures of them and spot all the little inconsistencies is pretty stupid.

Whether it is oil drums or missiles, it is enough to threat the enemy.

I don't think I see any mechanisms for adjusting the missile launcher's angle. Is it just gonna blow up the front of the truck every time it fires ?

plawolf said:

If that was the intention, then putting them on display where people can get nice detailed pictures of them and spot all the little inconsistencies is pretty stupid.

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As rhino said it will look basically the same from the air. They can put them on display as much as they like and it won't change the fact no one can tell the difference when they're looking for the real ones to bomb.

Yeah I've been trying to follow that. Photos of the Flap Lid (some say Tombstone) FC radar also present.

The dummy launch tubes is not a big deal in itself, Iran generally only parades dummy weapons for safety/cost etc. The launcher elevation mechanism can be seen in photos from rear.

The Flap Lid uses the same chassis, which looks too small to be honest - the radar is not ideally transported. So strange as it sounds the radar itself looks genuine but the truck mounting is either faked or just terribly designed.

Also shown was a Nebo series radar which could be used in place of Big Bird.


Overall, I'd say this should be treated as a credible near-future system, but no evidence that it's currently operational. Suggests that when it is fielded it'll be a 'basic' S-300 system with mismatched radars etc, using Iranian vehicles. No doubt Iran will claim it's indigenous, which will assist Moscow politically.


Several more qualified observers I've talked to are VERY skeptical about it, more-so even than I.

was the missile come from belurussia,or ukraine? both countries needed money to pay for energy bill.