Russia’s S-400 Triumf was supposed to be the U.S. Air Force killer. Moscow called it “the best long-range air defense system in the world.” Then Ukraine destroyed S-400 batteries in Crimea with older Western weapons, and Israel’s F-35I Adir stealth fighters wiped out Iran’s entire S-400 network without one missile shooting them down.
The S-400: Russia’s Air Defense Falls Short The much vaunted Russian S-400 missile defense system, which in typi…