Appleyard:
S-400 missiles killer lol.

My dear brother, there is this hyping about US weaponries, not that they are not formidable, but they will make you feel and believe in a way that is quite contrary to the real thing. While both sides are guilty of propaganda, there is this silly prevailing wisdom in the US-led west that, when it comes to technology, if it isn't the west or from the west only, then you can't have it better, equal, or similar, elsewhere. It further went to imply that Russian technology is nothing but crap and so on.

Now hear this: Stealth technology is a very good and cost effective mode of capability, one that is very effective when deploy for use in man-mission assignement, in the sense that, it create a sense of invisibility (though this largely depends on the enemy's level of sophistication as the case may be); and when it comes to Drones, it becomes more attractive as it cost less per unit of product, smaller and lighter in size, as well as eliminating the risk of loss of human live associated with it's manned counterpart.
However, the fact remains that stealth technology is not that prime a big deal as it sound, particularly with the US posturing of stealthiness. Going steathy doesn't actually mean you are invisible all the time. It has its limitations as well. Moreover, Your invisibility is mostly down to the level of counter sophistication and cyber capability of the enemy in question. If the enemy is as smart or more smart as you are in such areas, you would only be visible in your own eyes; the enemy can take you out in short notice. But if you are above your enemy in this regard, he can only look up to Jesus for his deliverance, or blame the Devil for his own incompetency.
There are no two other ways to it.

Stealth technology is nothing new. It is even known to the Soviets decades before the West came to know about it. And when it comes to stealthy drones like the ones the US fan boys quickly take to YouTube, they become more vulnerable in that they rely on a constant streaming or inflow of data, and as such, can be intercepted and effectively commandeer by an enemy having a sophisticated counter measures and Powerful Cyber capability.
This much was the case in 2011 when Iran commandeered and captured a US Drone RQ 170 Sentinel, using cyber capability; and from it, they made their own copy using reverse reengineering. Even the Chinese were not left out of the feast.

Again, in 2014, the same Iran downed a Isreali Stealthy drone in the Uranium enrichment area in Natanz. The Drone was killed by a ground to air missile before it could gain access into the area. So much for stealthiness.

Now, lets not be blindly bias, ask yourself: if Iran can take down such advanced stealthy Drones, how much more the Russians that is far superior to Iran in both Cyber, missiles, radar, satellites, and laser capability? Well, your guess is as good as mine if the truth means anything to you.

That US is arming its Drones with Laser weapons is no big deal at all. They will likely meet with their waterloo like their Iranian predecessors. And that is a fact.

And to even talk of it engaging the almighty S-400, is a big joker, and the reason why we must be careful of all these hypes, its pure propaganda.

The S-400s are defensive systems against all sorts of threat, including stealth, and are meant to be deployed with Pantsir-S1s ans Tor- M2s. The big S-400 engages stealth and bombers while the Pantsir and Tor engage HARMs and glide bombs. Thats quite effective since very few countries have a similiar doctrine. Oh yes, a laser is capable of hitting targets only from 15-20 km when its power output is 100kW. The US navy's laser is only 1/10th of that, and i wonder if the ones on the drones are any better, if not worse. What's funnier is that it can only engage one target at a time and cannot be deployed in foggy or rainy weather. The Laser Weapon system is made as a cheap alternative, NOT as a replacement. The weapon is a flying corpse for the S-400 that can fire multiple SAMs and Pantsirs in one lunatic lunch. And don't forget; that system can see " everything ", even NATO has testify to it recently.


So like i said, the stealth drone is good, but it stand no chance against mama Putin