The Syrian S-300 air defense systems were not ready for strikes on Israeli aircraft.
Despite the information that the C-300 “Favorite” anti-aircraft missile systems are on full alert and even accompanied Israeli fighters in the airspace of neighboring Lebanon, it turned out that in reality these anti-aircraft systems could not hit air targets.
As it turned out, today the C-300 systems are still under the control of the Russian military, which is due to the training of the Syrian military directly at the places of combat service.
The S-300s deployed in # Syria are still under Russian command with a Russian-Syrian staff.
- Syrian Military Capabilities (@Syrian_MC) 14 May 2019 city
"The currently deployed C-300 in Syria are still under Russian command with Russian-Syrian personnel"- said in the message.
On the other hand, the information that the Syrian military has already completed their training means that the C-300 complexes can be put on full alert in the very near future.
Earlier, the Israeli military announced their readiness to destroy the position of the C-300 air defense system in Syria at the earliest opportunity, which the military experts seriously questioned.
We need to bring back the Golan Heights, and then the radar C-300 will detect Israeli aircraft and missiles on time. Now the time of detection is not enough due to the fact that a significant part of flight time falls on a flight in the shadow of the Golan Heights (as I understand it).
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