ATACMS Pummels Russian Air Defense to Dust - Caught on Camera

In the warm early afternoon of May 22 in eastern Ukraine’s war-torn region of Donetsk, a high-stakes confrontation looms. Near the village of Klenivka, 40 miles from the tumultuous frontlines of the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian forces prepare for a daring offensive against a powerful opponent: the state-of-the-art S-400 “Triumf” air defense system.
With its four self-propelled launchers and multifunctional radar, the S-400 stands as an intimidating symbol of Russian military might. But the Ukrainians have a powerful weapon of their own - the ATACMS ballistic missiles equipped with cluster warheads. These precision-guided missiles are aimed directly at the heart of the enemy's air defenses.
The clock ticks towards 12:50pm. Suddenly realizing the impending threat, the Russian forces ready their surface-to-air missiles, preparing to intercept the incoming barrage. Aerial footage from a reconnaissance drone shows what happens when these two cutting-edge weapons go head-to-head…
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[@mikelee2213]

LOL. All that talk about S400's capabilities, and they still get decimated by the ATACMS.

[@rogerout8875]

Sources?

[@Statueshop297]

@@rogerout8875sources😂😂😂. All the destroyed S300/400 on video.

[@CrucialConflict.]

@@rogerout8875 sources? Putin called me and told me the s300/400 are total garbage. It has been all over the internet for months 😂

[@kalgstol]

Only a fool would believe the propaganda coming from this guy. He told you a bedtime story and you believed every minute of it😂

[@Statueshop297]

@@kalgstol you are watching a video. What more proof do you need🤦🏻‍♂️

[@BrianSmith-oc8vk]

Top of the line Russian air defence taken out by a 30 year old missile system.

[@humungus4206]

Atacms have been upgradedever since though

[@mrhassell]

The S-400 is just an upgraded S-300 from 1973 becoming the S-400 in 1993, the Soviet Union’s answer to the American Patriot missile batteries introduced during the Cold War. 50 year old piece of garbage costing $200 Million on sale, down from $500 Million but there's about half a dozen in Ukraine scrapyard's... maybe you could cut a deal by mowing their lawn?

[@wnose]

😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@TheJoeSwanon]

I would love to know how the Turkish Prime Minister feels that he turned down the patriot for a couple S 400 systems lol

[@eliasb8]

They didn't. US vetoed Patriot aquisition by the Turkish. What I would like to know is if it was worth for the Turkish to abandon their participation in the F35 program to buy S400s?

[@hansmiseur3025]

I dont see what that has to do with anything? How many patriot systems have been destroyed in ukraine?

[@5777Whatup]

@@hansmiseur3025i think they managed to hit one launcher thus far 😂

[@Hazleton1376]

@@hansmiseur3025no a launcher was hit indirectly, you don’t know how PATRIOT works

[@davidhutchinson1610]

I dont know of any confirmed patriot systems taken out. If we believed the kremlin, they have already destroyed all the himars launchers... the GRU must be using a trebuchet to launch the western weapons right??

[@ZucIsCuk]

S400 didn’t see drone and missed all incoming missiles? What a turd

[@michaelbullock7747]

ATACMS is hard to block. It can maneuver quite well and it's FAST. They have only seconds to determine if it is something they want to shoot a 1 million dollar missile at.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

S400 has the same problem Patriot did in 1991, it was designed primarily to hit air breathing targets, with only secondary capability to target ballistic targets. Which is all well and good until you have to actually do it. Shooting a cruise missile with a missile is like hitting a bullet with a bullet. Ballistic targets is that on extreme hard mode, you have to hit one spot on the bullet with one spot of your bullet. You need _a lot_ of practical experience and then you need to invest a bajillion monies to do it. Russia just pretends to do it.

[@Scorpio.1989]

After an Israeli strike in Syria, a Russian officer blew the whistle that the S300 had problems with small slow moving targets (like drones), as for the ATACMS I wouldn't be surprised if they're made out of composite materials that reduce their radar signature...

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@ZucIsCuk Also, the interface is, obsolete. It's all starting at raw radar outputs and a billion switches, it's all VERY manual with you doing all the calculations in your heads. We know this because we now have access to the world's most experienced and deadly Air Defense Artillery Operators, the Ukrainians. Who have now, after a decade of experience, transferred to Patriot. And iris-t, etc etc. They are stunned by what we have, it's push button easy, fully automatic. Even our oldest system, Patriot, is light years ahead.

[@mingfanzhang8927]

❤😊❤😊❤

[@leerubin4303]

Russia is using 1990's tech against NATO's 1990's tech and getting demolished. What happens when the US and Europe give Ukraine more modern systems?

[@Squishysforbreakfast]

It's not NATO but South Korea will probably start sending their more advanced weapon systems soon as a response to Russia arming North Korea with multi-bomb nukes.

[@chriscarlino5561]

Hard to say…Trump just met with Viktor Oberman but I can’t remember him meeting Zelensky. Just this simple fact speaks volumes about what lies ahead; assuming he gets elected again. I mean don’t get me wrong you have your blue hair liberals that will vote for Joe, but I don’t see any Biden flags anywhere.

[@soakupthesunman]

🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@alllivesmatter627]

@@soakupthesunman I agree with you, Russians are clowns

[@ashes2ashes863]

The United States is never going to give away even to Nato our most modern weaponry. We learned that lesson many years ago. The good news is it does not appear that we have to since our 30 to 50 year old Bargain Basement stuff that we were quite literally getting ready to recycle for the metal is absolutely designating the Russian equipment, including some of their most modern s***.

[@seattlepunkgaming3825]

Nothing says KZbin like turning 3 seconds of footage into a 10 minute and 9 second video for that ad revenue.

[@UTIBE5]

If an air defence system itself is destroyed by a missile i really doubt what it's main use was for

[@a5cent]

It's not as simple as you think it is. The S-300 was designed primarily as a defense against NATO aircraft, like the F-16. Missiles have completely different flight profiles. Russia has been working on upgrades and changes to adapt it to the new threats it didn't expect to encounter, but that takes many years.

[@slugface322]

​@@a5cent That is true. However the russkies don't have any time left. They are kaput. 😅

[@slugface322]

@@a5cent Everything is simple if you understand it.

[@bryanhoppe1481]

​@@a5centYup. That's exactly what happened in 1991 during the Gulf war. The Patriot was designed to Intercept aircraft, but quickly modified to Intercept ballistic missiles. While some BMs intercepted, the Patriot overall didn't work as hoped. Call it a failure, but expecting it to do something it wasn't designed for was a lessons learned. We now have the PAC-2 GEM-T and PAC-3 hit to kill Interceptors that were designed to Intercept ballistic missiles. They were flawless in the war in Iraq and even more so after 20 more years of upgrades in Ukraine. The Russian S400s were specifically designed to Intercept ballistic missiles but clearly have not had much success against the NATO tactical ballistic missiles from HIMARS and other Guided MLRS systems

[@MostlyPennyCat]

​@@bryanhoppe1481 Technically patriot was designed with some capability to hit ballistic targets. But needed work. S400 is 1991 Patriot, they added some capability and have found that it didn't work very well. Technically it's what S500 is for. Which apparently has also been hit! 😂 Oh well, back to the drawing board, if they can afford the chalk...

[@GarWhittaker]

All of Russias most sophisticated weapons have western components and would not work without them...LOL.

[@MuffinMan101]

Most of US aircrafts are made by Titanium that comes from Russia, China and Taiwan makes your Microchips. What are you yapping about?

[@j.m.7715]

@MuffinMan101 75% of the world's titanium is not Russian and even Japan produces 50% more than Russia so no, US aircraft are not made of Russian titanium.

[@tbarry4990]

Russia still use some electronic "tube" equipment. Not much but some ....

[@bubblehead7680]

Doesn't look like it works with it either. 😅

[@zenon7094]

​@@MuffinMan101Could you give me a verifiable source that the Titanium for American aircraft mainly comes from Russia?!

[@ruger8412]

So basically 1970's ATACMS are better than present day Russia S400 & S500 & are capable of taking them out? Should of said so from the jump.

[@kirkthiets2771]

It’s just a big commercial. But countries that bought old Soviet and Russian sh*t should do a little bit of chin scratching if they still feel comfortable with their defense capabilities. Russian defense exports are literally in the toilet on account of this war if you look. Russians really want something for nothing. Their kit is shit.

[@Hazleton1376]

It’s because the Russians just took the S100 and gave it a bigger number

[@tooslow1238]

well iskander clapped patriots too so whats ur point? intercepting ballistic missiles isnt a simple task and calling 1991 missile system obsolete when even the US military is still maintaining a bunch of em is just stupid...

[@brianbgood]

@@tooslow1238that Iskander event was a one off and that patriot in the processes of moving locations. It happened but it didn’t “defeat” the patriot, it essentially caught it at a vulnerable moment.

[@bryanhoppe1481]

​@@tooslow1238What 1991 missile system is the US "maintaining"?

[@steveosborne2297]

Anything you say about this air defence system should be prefixed by the word allegedly

[@pezpengy9308]

no kidding... love this channel but daaaaamn "example of soviet might" didnt age well at all.

[@NLTops]

@@pezpengy9308 aged? Video is 2 hours old. lmao.

[@bryanhoppe1481]

​@@NLTopsI think he was implying the overall threat perception of Russian military might. Not anything specifically mentioned here

[@jamesferguson2353]

@@NLTops Swooooosh

[@ronaldmarcks1842]

Esxcept for the pictures we saw, or did u miss the charred paint on the S-400 chassis?

[@joshschneider9766]

calling the 400 advanced or cutting edge is garbage talk

[@vegas1a]

They couldn't shoot down a Goodyear Blimp......

[@bryanhoppe1481]

​@@vegas1aThey'd need an F-22 for that 😅 And I love the F-22

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Why is Russia advancing, hasn't anyone told them their weapons don't work? This makes no sense! How? Who? What? Shovels?

[@bryanhoppe1481]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again they can't retreat because their own officers will mow them down

[@Typexviiib]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again1000+ casualties a day against a much smaller enemy is yielding meters of ground a day at best. That is weapons not working very well.

[@mabotiyn]

And then Russia deployed S500 that has already been destroyed by ATACMs

[@Kevin-bi9nf]

200 million dollars!

[@mitchellculberson9336]

Good hit!SLAVA UKRAINI!!!!!!!

[@kenparnell4297]

The one really great thing about this is it shows just how crappy Russian equipment is when it comes up against American equipment.

[@gansior4744]

Imagine calling a S400 cutting edge lol

[@robtorres5518]

Didn't someone surround their personal home with these very systems?

[@kenday7942]

Why does this announcer sound like he’s out of breath?

[@mrhassell]

Ukraine destroyed at least four Russian long-range S-400 systems, including three in Luhansk region. Each S-400 battery comes with a price tag of around $200 million.

[@FireMoon42]

From that footage, the S400 crews fired them in a desperate attempt to lessen the damage when the ATACMs inevitably found their target. There's a massive difference between what Russia claims its kit can do and what, in reality, it can achieve.

[@slugface322]

Shame this video doesn't explain why Soviet S 3, 4 & 500's are utterly defenseless against obsolete, nearly expired ATCAMS missiles. It is really quite simple. Imagine an air defense system that can't even defend itself from obsolete 1980's stuff? Could drive ya to drink eh?

[@bryanhoppe1481]

The ATACMS isn't hardly obsolete. The US Sustainment Programs are extremely viable. Both Air & Missile Defense Interceptors AND Tactical Precision fires have extremely versatile Sustainment Programs to make sure they don't go obsolete.

[@JohnSmith-fl6qd]

Russians have lots of reasons to drink. And actually they don't need any reason. It's in their DNA😅

[@MostlyPennyCat]

I mean, it's a rocket propelled bullet with a bomb on the end, how obsolete can it get?

[@slugface322]

@bryanhoppe1481 Obsolete as you know, we won't ship PrSM's to the AFU and authorize unlimited strikes into ruzzia. Sure we've got the best of everything, in fact we don't have any peers.

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

Or an air defense system where a fired missile looped back and took out its own launcher - a self-goal of sorts.

Special Operation......DENIED!!!!

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Why do they keep advancing? Someone tell them they're losing.

[@jason1440]

The S300 and 400 turned out be a half rate, lousy air defense system.

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊

[@mingfanzhang8927]

😊

[@wnose]

Just like the military using them 😂😂

[@JeriDro]

9:00 you call that immobilized? that thing is destroyed......

[@MariusRiley]

: Russian soldiers become intimately aware of how superior NATO gear is to their old Soviet garbage, and they become that familiar because they get to experience it first-hand... right before they die, are captured, or plain surrender.

[@buckystarfinger2487]

It's ok, moms gone to sleep you can speak up.

[@arrjay2410]

Surrender Vladimir!

[@ironknee6879]

Russia’s equipment hasn’t been their main issue. Sure, it’s not the best, but it WAS adequate to win the war. Russia’s problem is their personnel, from their CIC and Gen. Staff invading with a half-cocked plan, strategy, and a failed supply chain, to their untrained foot soldiers that are unprepared and unskilled with their equipment, and the reason why billions in Russian military hardware has been destroyed, to their failed Communications specialists, who can’t seem to coordinate between companies and battalions, much less brigades, divisions, and between military branches for a combined arms effect. Russia’s equipment has looked like garbage to many observers of the war, but it’s mainly because the people operating it are deadbeats.

[@zeekfitzroy4986]

Slava Ukraine!!!!!!!

[@lautreantoine8999]

F16 can fly safely. Game changer. 😊

[@VegasVaron]

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦

[@DOI_ARTS]

Controlled by a washing machine chip AI

[@naakatube]

So strong 🇺🇦

[@barneyleseven2854]

The mighty highly technologically advanced Russian military everyone.

[@MitchellCulberson-ko3cm]

SLAVA UKRAINI!!!!!!!

[@Joe_1sr9]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Relayer6a]

The S-400 obviously doesn't do anything this video claims it does.

[@arnesste000]

Slava Ukraine

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Nah, not feeling it.

[@deviouschu]

S400 was garbage and would not work and still doesn't work. Lmao

[@josephsmith6944]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤😊

[@PhantomHT1320]

God Bless Ukraine!

[@Mr-Science-Stevens]

Excellent thanks

[@timgannon2993]

This war is dangerous someone could get hurt

[@RexStunYT]

No way :D

[@luisito6314]

Imagine if the US actually helped them

[@sH-ed5yf]

They do. But what are the russians gonna do about it

[@mikeskiles6153]

In other words they got their butt kicked

[@danielstrobel3832]

WAIT A MINUTE! Dindnt I hear somewere that thr ATACAMS are from the 80´s and woul have been retired?

[@Typexviiib]

Ya, more or less. Technically eclipsed by prsm.

[@peterbaker8443]

Correct

[@JDye-youtube]

I have to wonder if Ukraine is taking advantage of these events, flying sorties in the area where the air defense capability has just been taken down, before the Russians can backfill the AD network.

[@ragethomas]

ATACMS is cutting edge😂😂😂😂bro it's late 80s USA tech.

[@auro1986]

what if they shoot something like your stinger to your missile that evades their jammers by ballistic freefall?

[@Qreur]

Please get graphics related to your verbals, or verbals related to your graphics.

[@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe]

This guy pumps garbage media non-stop

[@UncleRayRayGarageEmporium]

I'm surprised they didn't show paintings of ancient Chinese rocket racks as well as they talk about S500 systems! Sad quality lately

[@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe]

@@UncleRayRayGarageEmporium 🤣🤣

[@projectarduino2295]

Precision guided cluster bomb is an oxymoron.

[@sterlz6565]

The guidance can still be precise even if the munitions aren't

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

For a moron, I can see how you came to that conclusion.

[@wicked1172]

State of the art S-400 Triumph . . . Oxymoron ? What a bunch of horse poopoo.

[@suziemichalek2022]

Do you ever sleep?

[@robertcurtis-cn5fw]

We dont need the music when theres talking its annoying

[@Kmcornell23]

It's amazing that this old crap still works, let alone being accurate.

[@gordonpkm7560]

ruski, called their S3/400 back from Nth Africa .. Because ATACAMS turned their junk into dust ... Cant hit mach 3 .. an cant hit mach 5 .. When Atacams is in a Dive

[@catchaser52]

Awesome work. Much appreciated.

[@josephpacchetti5997]

All the dark channels are great. THX DF 🇺🇸

[@ratagris21]

Certified POS AA system.

[@kmalerich]

Wars and rumors of wars.

[@andrewpearce8006]

Sorry but at 6:36 did I just see a HIMARS launch an AA missile?

[@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe]

What in the hell is that..

[@Typexviiib]

Kind of looks like a nasams launch. Maybe from one of the slamraam programs. There was a time when the us army was testing himars as a universal launcher for a bunch of different weapon systems

[@JeriDro]

what's with the batman voice whispering? kinda lame

[@twoninetwosevenone]

""" Ensuring a unified and efficient defense strategy """ ... meaning it doesn't waste much power before it gets blown-up .

[@RogerPiette]

Do you really need to play music when you are talking

[@gherkamum]

🇺🇦❤💪👍🇬🇧👍💪❤🇺🇦

[@hillcrestvideoprod1]

Kill the music…the mix is too hot.

[@johnalexwallwall]

Clickbait, don’t watch

[@hackedbyBLAGH]

Bro just show the action wtf 10 minute video

[@larshesthaven5828]

Bla bla bla to russia

[@alllivesmatter627]

I would not call the S 400 state of the art. Unless your current comparing it to state of the art in the 1950s.

[@pattracey105]

More war porn from the Ukrainian propaganda army.

[@101wildgoose]

First the air defence then comes air superiority followed by defeat, bye Russia.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Things that will never happen in Ukraine for $1000 Alex! I'm wondering how they plan on maintaining the incoming F16s. The F-16 requires 17 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight. Additionally, the F-16 needs: - 33 maintenance man-hours per flying hour for maintenance and preventative maintenance inspections. - Regular inspections, repairs, and replacements to ensure that it remains safe and reliable in the air.

[@Typexviiib]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Againthese maintenance requirements are extremely similar to su27 and other soviet birds.

[@gregparrott]

Showing (at 4:41), I understand the intent of conveying how a cluster munition works. BUT, this is an exceptionally poor example to show in the context of the ATACMs. What's shown at 4:41 is the RUSSIANS use of cluster munitions on CIVILIANS. We don't do that.

[@yubisnake]

Dude basically reads wikipedia pages and doesnt correct errors. Solid 5 minutes of my time wasted

[@Sandhoeflyerhome]

This is cut and paste. Re hashed old news. Or not news. He just reading the sales brochure to music. Un watchable hype.

[@Orbit_Corona]

ATACMS are pretty lethal if the GPS isn't jammed. Lots of them fall prey to jamming and end up blasting a non target.

[@daikucoffee5316]

Inertial navigation degrades over time, a target at the outer range of the system is always gonna be engaged less accurately in a GPS denied environment. Perhaps in the future GPS singals can have quantum prove of emission origin.

[@Orbit_Corona]

@@daikucoffee5316 Yes, or perhaps in the future the satellites will be shot down already.

[@GHST995]

The S400 took out those missiles. With its frame!

[@aabbcc5154]

Hey you, DARK FOOTAGE: Your problem is you can't post one continuous footage of the event. Its heavily edited cut / paste with old stock footage from other areas, all mixed in. It is a TERRIBLE way to preset information. STOP EDITING AND POST THE EVENT. THIS LOOKS WORSE THAN SOME PROPAGANDA VIDEO FROM USSR.

[@michaelturner4680]

Your music is drowning out your AI voice.

[@morriemeltzer5319]

The commentator is very hard to understand! He needs to talk slower!

[@noodles169]

Im guessing, they launch multiple decoys alongside the live rounds to confuse the air defense system, and thats how they capable of destroying them

[@rogerout8875]

Nope. It's just because Russians only make garbage

[@Typexviiib]

You mean the malds?

[@ScottTaggart65]

We all know how Russia intercepts missles

[@mnblkjh6757]

🇺🇦👍🙂

[@JohnCompton1]

Damn bro, what are you, a Russian munitions salesman, or are you just reading the Russian press release for the S-400?

[@KlipsenTube]

5:27 Imagine being a female US soldier with the last name Beaver 😳

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Barracks bunny #1

[@MrReymoclif714]

The footage doesn’t match the thumbnail.

[@rogerout8875]

Close your eyes and pretend it's radio

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Never does

[@rogerout8875]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again it's irrelevant. Not every combat engagement has a camera crew.

[@jonbustraktangvald6074]

Too noisy, I stopped after 2 minutes

[@minabahar7682]

What a fake

[@MrBen527]

Meh

[@paulputyong3244]

Hollywood gossip is what you're good at.

[@anthonywilson4873]

Far better than Putins fantasy TV. The propagandists are either brain dead or drunk probably both.

[@charlesdobbs4570]

Yeah I'm going to unsub. He's now part of the MSM Lie. Really sks I use to like this channel.

[@matsmcmats]

​​@@charlesdobbs4570oh, did they portray your precious orcs in a fair way? 😂 You crying? Go watch Scott Ritter if you want emotional comfort.

[@rogerout8875]

What part hurt your feelings the most?

[@nuggers23]

Funny to watch all those "amazing" ruzzian drill videos knowinhg how much far right on the receiving end of the Western oblivion they are right now.

[@rileyjordan9072]

voice is kinda creepy

[@Jamesm334]

More propaganda?

[@MostHigh777]

Once again your report is completely inaccurate. You say that the s-400 and the Atacms are cutting-edge weapons. It's not true for either of them. The s400 may be cutting edge for Russian weapons but it's an old inferior technology as the world goes. The attack of the 1980s us technology. 1980s us technology beating a 2020 Russian technology. So you've completely misunderstood and misreported the whole issue.

[@lloydrmc]

Sounds like he's reading the sales brochure for the S400 in the first part of the video) As @habitual_linecrosser points out; radar tracking is one thing, acquiring a usable target lock is something else entirely. Put differently, even supposing you could somehow use radar "detect" and "track" the bumblebee sized radar return of an F22, or even the substantial return of an F15, that in no way ensures you have an accurate enough position to actually do anything about it. He also points out that providing 18 ATACMS systems to Ukraine has resulted in sales of something like 10 times that many worldwide, (I forgot exactly how many) Meanwhile, Ukraine has used our Patriot system, (the American counterpart to the S400), to great effect, even downing Russian Kinzel hypersonic missiles with it

[@christianramirez1449]

Would you intercept me? 😋 I'd intercept me.

[@mingfanzhang8927]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊❤😊❤😊

[@nzpyro2319]

Hahahaha gotta love propaganda that is so inaccurate it's like a US missile

[@peterbaker8443]

Um ok ivan

[@ntsejfamyaj]

Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't stand the narration. I honestly tried to watch this, but I had enough at 2 minutes. Thumbs down and stopped watching.

[@Therealwanderingyooper]

I had no idea where come the saying “tempt the himars of fate”. So now know, don’t stand on cliff edge

[@breatheliveandthrive7404]

PLA watching tgis video shitting in their pants.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Imagine thinking countries gain their military intelligence through KZbin videos. The shine from your smooth brain is blinding me.

[@mingfanzhang4600]

❤😊❤😊❤

[@mingfanzhang8927]

😊

[@mingfanzhang4600]

Happy birthday 🎉🎈🎂🎁🎊