First. No I don't expect Russian Weaponry to work as advertised and to defeat any and everything we throw at it.
Second. I do credit the enemy with ingenuity, guile and competence.
Last. I also recognize that while we've been chasing stealth to the exclusion of every other component of modern aerial warfare, the Russians and Chinese have been modernizing and building new high speed anti-air, anti-ship and surface attack missile systems. The US is lagging in this effort and the Europeans are only doing marginally better.
All that add up to the US and its allies having UBER expensive aircraft and mediocre missiles to launch at targets. Hopefully we have some systems in the black budget that are world beaters because on the surface we're waaaay behind.
NOTE: The S-350 is the replacement for the S-300 series of missiles. Supposedly in the Patriot class, the Russians are claiming that it greatly outperforms that system. Real or propaganda? I don't know, only a real combat test will tell the tale.
