Russian C-500 systems delivered to Syria.

Russian air defense / missile defense systems S-500 "Prometheus" were sent to Syria to conduct tests in conditions as close as possible to combat. Information about this was provided by the Izvestia edition, citing certain sources in the RF Ministry of Defense.

The experts, in turn, note that over the past week, heavy An-124 heavy military transport aircraft began to fly to Syria quite well, which could transport components and components of the Russian air defense / missile defense system, including control centers, mobile launchers, charging machines, radars, etc.

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Given that the landing of An-124 aircraft was carried out at the Khmeimim airbase, the most long-range air defense / missile defense systems can obviously be located on the territory of the Russian military airfield.

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Nevertheless, a number of questions are raised by the fact how exactly it is planned to test the Russian S-500 on the territory of Syria, since these systems are intended mainly to repel attacks by ballistic missiles, which, however, does not exclude the fact that we are talking about strengthening the Russian air base for account of a more distant radar, which, it was stated, will be able to track targets at distances of up to 800 kilometers.