183: Chapter 183 brought about a dramatic increase in the strength of the frontline troops.

Lieutenant General Sergei looked at the Tianlei Missile Defense System before him, astonished to see such immediate results for the first time.

Although the cost of launching two Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missiles was not low, being able to effectively intercept enemy drones was what mattered.

Lieutenant General Sergei immediately had the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles planned for deployment within the country integrated into the Tianlei Missile Defense System, leading to a significant increase in the air defense interception success rate in many regions.

Lieutenant General Sergei was initially hesitant about whether to integrate Russia's previously deployed domestically produced anti-aircraft missiles into the Tianlei Missile Defense System; after consulting with military high command and learning that they could effectively intercept invading enemy aircraft, he agreed without hesitation to integrate them into the Tianlei Missile Defense System.

After all, the existing anti-aircraft missiles were deployed in a scattered manner, and although there were missile interception systems, in terms of interception efficiency, they could not timely detect incoming targets and were fundamentally unable to achieve effective interception.

Since the Tianlei Missile Defense System could effectively perform interceptions, why not integrate all existing anti-aircraft missiles into it?

Lieutenant General Sergei quickly ordered the operating officers and soldiers to input the anti-aircraft missiles from military bases near the capital into the Tianlei Missile Defense System, and watching the number of available anti-aircraft missiles increase, the air defense interception success rate directly rose to 100%.

However, there was some data that Lieutenant General Sergei could not understand; the current anti-aircraft missile interception success rate was significantly lower than the test data provided by military industrial enterprises, not even reaching half of their design standards.

Lieutenant General Sergei carefully examined the relevant data from the Tianlei Missile Defense System and was convinced that the data it displayed was accurate.

It seemed that the data tested by the military industrial enterprises was significantly inflated; no wonder that when drones had previously conducted airstrikes on the capital, there were no anti-aircraft missiles that could effectively intercept them.

It turned out that the interception efficiency of the anti-aircraft missiles was not as impressive as the data provided by the military industrial enterprises suggested.

Lieutenant General Sergei ordered the information on the deployed Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles to be hidden, and he soon discovered that if only the previously deployed anti-aircraft missiles were used, the capital's air defense interception rate was only 55%, revealing a massive vulnerability.

With such air defense capability, it was no wonder the drones could take advantage of the situation.

Lieutenant General Sergei felt fortunate; now that a batch of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles had been procured, the capital's air defense interception rate had reached 100%, which was the only way to make the capital's airspace safer.

Subsequently, Lieutenant General Sergei ordered all anti-aircraft missiles in other regions to be entered into the Tianlei Missile Defense System, and the interception success rate for territories west of the Ural Mountains increased significantly, basically reaching over 20%, while border areas reached 90%, and other regions were mostly between 40% - 60%.

Although there were still significant air defense vulnerabilities, they had been reduced considerably.

At the very least, through the Tianlei Missile Defense System, they could timely detect invading enemy aerial targets and immediately arrange multi-layered interceptions, preventing the invading targets from nearing important cities.

Lieutenant General Sergei was very satisfied with this; he even wanted to purchase more Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles now to further enhance Russia's air defense capabilities.

However, this required the support of various factions and departments in Russia to have sufficient procurement funds to purchase the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles.

Lieutenant General Sergei submitted the test report of the Tianlei Missile Defense System to Russia's military high command, while simultaneously recommending increasing the procurement of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles to further improve Russia's air defense combat capabilities.

As long as they were deployed reasonably, they could render the drones useless.

This could also reduce usage costs; a single Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile cost 300,000 USD, so even if 200 were fired in a day, it would only be 60 million USD, and Russia had enough oil and natural gas to support this expenditure.

With the delivery of the procured armored vehicles and anti-tank missiles, they could immediately organize a counterattack to break the current stalemate.

Lieutenant General Sergei also relayed the deployment timelines and quantities of various weapons and equipment—such as anti-aircraft missiles, drones, armored vehicles, and anti-tank missiles—to the frontline generals, giving them more confidence to engage in combat.

After all, the addition of 3,500 drones, 12,000 armored vehicles, over 3,500 sets of anti-aircraft missiles, over 6,000 sets of anti-tank missiles, and over 400,000 artillery shells could give the frontline troops a groundbreaking boost in strength.

Furthermore, new weapons and equipment would continue to be procured and replenished continuously, so there was no need to worry about running out of weapons and ammunition.

For Russia, which was already using ammunition from decades-old stockpiles, this was nothing less than a shot in the arm.