Russia's S-400 to Help China Control Taiwan and Diaoyu Airspace: Russian Expert

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Vasily Kashin, Russia's S-400 to help China control Taiwan and Diaoyu airspace - expert. Russia Beyong the Headlines (RBTH), Feb 20, 2017.
http://rbth.com/opinion/2017/02/ ... china-taiwan-705823
("The most important innovation of the complex should be the 40N6Е missiles with the range of 400 km and active radar homing in the terminal phase. * * * Without these missiles, the S-400 is just a small upgrade of the S-300PMU2")

Note:
(a) S-400 missile system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system
("The S-400 uses four missiles to fill its performance envelope: the very-long-range 40N6 (400 km), the long-range 48N6 (250 km), the medium-range 9M96E2 (120 km) and the short-range 9M96E (40 km)")

(b) "In case the S-400 are deployed on the Shandong Peninsula they will be able to target aircraft over the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands."

To place S-400 to threaten Senkaku islands is absurd.
(i) Take notice the range of 40N6Е is 400 km, not miles. See quotation above.
(ii) Senkaku Islands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands

The shortest distance from mainland China (somewhere south of Wenzhou) is 330 km. See a map in this Wiki page.
(iii) The air distance from Shandong to Shanghai is 731 km.