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I remember being asked why the Soviets took ATGM battalions into Afghanistan with them when there was clearly no enemy armour of note for them to work against. Equally some suggested the chem and bio warfare (defence) troops was evidence that the Soviets had or intended to use chem or bio weapons in Afghanistan.
The truth is actually rather less exciting... it was easier to keep the same military structure as found in units that would otherwise be deployed to central europe (where their capabilities would be essential) than to break those units up and spread their personel around the place.
Equally with Sochi the TOR and S-300 work together so why only use a small part of the machine to defend Sochi when the whole machine that is designed to work together can be used to offer protection from mortar shells right up to hijacked 747s.
A 747 falling from 10,000m altitude could be hit by a dozen TORs but will still hit a stadium on fire. Hitting it with a dozen S-300s would shatter it and scatter the pieces rendering the wreckage much less lethal to those on the ground.
With S-300 and TOR operating together detection and warning is improved with the more powerful sensors and tracking capability of the S-300 system.
The truth is actually rather less exciting... it was easier to keep the same military structure as found in units that would otherwise be deployed to central europe (where their capabilities would be essential) than to break those units up and spread their personel around the place.
Equally with Sochi the TOR and S-300 work together so why only use a small part of the machine to defend Sochi when the whole machine that is designed to work together can be used to offer protection from mortar shells right up to hijacked 747s.
A 747 falling from 10,000m altitude could be hit by a dozen TORs but will still hit a stadium on fire. Hitting it with a dozen S-300s would shatter it and scatter the pieces rendering the wreckage much less lethal to those on the ground.
With S-300 and TOR operating together detection and warning is improved with the more powerful sensors and tracking capability of the S-300 system.
