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The S-400 weapon system has completely altered the economic landscape for the Russia Federation. Since Vladimir Putin appeared on the podium back in 2003 and up until 2025, Russia had complete air superiority on the planet; unbeknownst to anyone in America. Three Presidents have augmented the American arsenal with trillions of dollars of new planes, radar systems and missiles. None have survived the lethality of this system. The technical details of the weapon system will not be discussed in this book.
The most dangerous planes we have are not our fighter jets, our bombers or even our helicopters. Russia, to this day, remains incredibly weary of our U2 spy plane. The country is fully aware what goes on in the stratosphere. The stratosphere is the world's largest cloud, capturing all sound beneath. Everything that is spoken is trapped up there, bouncing around. The sounds are the fabric of the atmosphere, creating an early warning signal for the planet if any object move's faster than the speed of sound. The U2 flies up there slightly above the stall speed of its engines. Silently listening. Silently taking photographs.
Sputnik's tape recording systems, generations ago, revealed to the Russians that all kinds of conversations can be recorded in the atmosphere. It took years for our nation to discover this. Russia's lead in eavesdropping has never ended. The bullshit videos of the Korean Air Lines disaster during the 1980's was kabuki. Americans have a deep desire to believe Russia is a dinosaur.
The U2 plane has no velocity advantage over the S-400 weapon system. At high altitudes, the plane flies above the S-400's maximum range. Our plane can stay up there for hours and drop its camera films into welcoming naval vessels. But if the plane declines into the S-400's range, it will be shot down.
The SR-71 can fly past the S-400 system. But Russia can see this plane for thousands of miles. The exhaust of the SR-71 is so powerful and hot, it can easily be tracked by our reconnaissance satellites. This plane has been brought back into service to serve as a psychological panacea for the geriatric armchair warriors of our nation.
The S-400 weapon system is integral to Russia's future. It has brought back some relative security. At $1 billion plus per system, it is expensive. With China, India and Iran as customers, it has provided a safe level of annual foreign currency reserves and ruble licensing fees for weapons manufacturers. More importantly, Russia has yuan, rupee and rial revenues outside of hydrocarbons, enabling it to buy carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and consumer goods for its sophisticated and diverse population. Without this weapon system, Russia could not monitor the endless penetration of its airspace by US and NATO aircraft.