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The country is practically unable to cover its sky. This vulnerability is regularly used by the Kremlin to plan the routes of missiles and drones.
Moldova in fact, it does not have its own air defense, so it has nothing to shoot down Russian missiles and drones that fly into its airspace during Russian attacks on Ukraine.
Defense Express writes about it.
The Military Balance 2024 states that Moldova has one anti-aircraft missile regiment consisting of three S-125 anti-aircraft missile launchers. However, Defense Express doubts the accuracy of these data, as there is information that in the 2010s, Moldova sold all S-125s through offshore structures.
In addition, the country has almost no systems for detecting air targets. Only in 2023, Moldova received the first modern radar, purchased from the French company Thales, probably Ground Master 200.
“The presence of only 28 installations is recorded in the military air defense of Moldova…
