PLA Anti-Air Missile (SAM) systems

BasilicaLew

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When commenting on how F-35 destroyed Iranian S-300PMU-2, Ayi said legacy HQ-9 and S-300 are completely ineffective against stealthy aircraft while the newer HQ-22 only stood a chance under low intensity EW.
Hard to believe as it only comes from 2019, I dont see how they wouldnt have the HQ-22 conducted itself against the J-20. Also the S-300PMU-2 acutally is worse at detecting stealth targets than Iranian domestic systems. F-35I aircraft where tracked and shot at 4 times over the entire iran isreal war, yet everytime the missile was launched it was most probably spoofed by the F-35's EW systems or shot at a decoy.
 

Gloire_bb

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So how effective is the latest HQ-9B/C and Patriot against stealth target?
Problem isn't just stealth target, problem is stealth under contemporary(i.e. ahead of existing SAM ecosystem level) jamming.
HQ-9B is still HQ-9, it can't deny stealth on its own without air cover(contemporary to F-35). Or, say, S-400 is still an advanced version of S-300 family.
 
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BasilicaLew

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Unlike S-400 HQ-9C is a more complete overhaul of the HQ-9 system. Yet HQ-9C may get replaced by more longer ranged systems eventually.
 
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