Langenia wrote:Are air defense systems, like the S-400, no matter how good they are at detecting the enemy plane, really that effective in actually shooting them down?
No.
The most effective air defense system in history had a hit rate about 1% greater than is typical for a "well operated" system. Which is to say the Egyptians were firing about 97 missiles per plane versus the 99 or so the North Vietnamese shot. And having weak operators just makes it a mess, like in Desert Storm, where you can shoot 200 rockets and not hit a plane.