Originally Posted by sunb!

The RBS-70 is a very good system for dealing with low level threats, add a NASAMS system and you have a lethal perimeter defence running.

I totally agree with you on the Bofors and searchlights!

Cheers mate. Yeah I don't think people should over look low level GBAD for the effect it has on shaping the battlespace.

Folks,

I haven't got all my files on air defense systems scanned and posted but I have a good number including and extensive one on the RBS-70 and the MISTRAL.

Jack E. Hammond

Army Recognition :Antiair Systems

The Russisan S-300PMU among the top anti-Air missiles in the world.

NASAMS is used to protect the air space around the White House, so they probably think its one of the best systems.

In norwegian:
http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2006/03/13/460587.html

There are no 'good' and 'bad' GBAD systems. Each system has its shortages, and the one system needs to cover the 'death space' of the other (by using a C2AA).
Only by having and combining several GBAD systems, you will be able to 'defend' you 'airspace'.

The 'best' is hard to know but as for the fastest improving I´ll bet that UAE deserves a mention...

Abu Dhabi - A $6.9 billion purchase of the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system by the United Arab Emirates will probably take around 18 months now that the U.S. Congress has cleared a sale of the antimissile weapon, Lockheed Martin’s Denis Cavin vice president of international air and missile defense said Feb. 23 at the IDEX arms show.

Raytheon has won an award of up to $3.3 billion to provide Patriot missiles and systems to the United Arab Emirates, the Tewksbury, Mass., company said Dec. 18.

The UAE becomes the 11th country outside the U.S. that has bought Raytheon's Patriot missile systems and services. The UAE contract is for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and related training. Raytheon will provide the UAE with Patriot Config-3 capabilities, its most advanced Patriot system, and the Patriot GEM-T missiles. The Config-3 system allows the use of Lockheed's PAC-3 missiles, which Lockheed will provide to the UAE under a separate contract.