{"id":1292752,"date":"2026-01-22T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1292752"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:59:02","slug":"russian-strela-10-sam-system-destroyed-by-scythian-griffins-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-strela-10-sam-system-destroyed-by-scythian-griffins-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Strela-10 SAM system destroyed by \u201cScythian Griffins\u201d \u2014 details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fighters of the 423rd Battalion \u201cScythian Griffins\u201d destroyed a Russian Strela-10 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the enemy Strela-10 SAM system is to detect and shoot down targets at low altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuch systems are no longer produced in Russia, and the estimated replacement cost is 6\u20138 million dollars. And most importantly, it was destroyed by a drone that is 250 times cheaper. This is what asymmetric warfare looks like, where the enemy\u2019s millions disappear in seconds,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As noted by the press service of the Scythian Griffins battalion, this is already the second such strike in January. Earlier, the battalion destroyed an Osa SAM system \u2014 an air defense complex that was located deep in the enemy rear. The surface-to-air missile system, costing from 10 million dollars, was hit by a means that was 300 times cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recall that on the night of January 19, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) belonging to a unit of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division in the settlement of Novokrasnianka in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/norway-has-transferred-a-significant-number-of-missiles-for-nasams-air-defense-systems-to-ukraine\/\">Norway has transferred a significant number of missiles for NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighters of the 423rd Battalion \u201cScythian Griffins\u201d destroyed a Russian Strela-10 surface-to-air &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1292753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[76],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1292752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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