First image of Russia transferring S-300 to Syria
After rumors emerged that Russia had completed the delivery of the S-300 to Syria, the first images of the presence of this weapon in Damascus have been released.
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| The first images of the S-300 defense system being delivered to Syria by Russia were posted by Uralinform.Ru late on September 25, showing components of the S-300 system being unloaded from an Il-76MD aircraft and quickly loaded onto specialized vehicles for storage. |
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| Russia has not yet commented on these published images. However, according to some military sources in Syria, on the night of September 24, up to 7 Russian Il-76MD transport planes landed at the Hmeymim military airport carrying very special items that were unloaded from the planes. |
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| According to the judgment, the mentioned shipments are the components of the S-300 system that was just posted on the Uralinform.Ru website. And the delivery of the S-300 to Syria has been quietly carried out by Russia for the past 2 days and when Mr. Shoigu announced, Damascus had actually received the full quantity, the next 2 weeks are only to train the Syrian gunners to be truly proficient. |
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| Initially, these S-300 systems will be operated directly by Russian soldiers before transferring control to the Syrian side. Many speculations say that the version Syria received is the S-300PMU2, similar to the type Moscow provided to Iran. |
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| When Syria received the S-300 from Russia, their combat capability was officially raised to a new level, because this air defense missile system has the accuracy and sophistication of the Buk-M2E combined with the long range of the S-300, enough to lock down airspace. |
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| Russia's announcement of supplying S-300 to Syria came after its Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people was shot down by a Syrian S-200 missile on September 17. The Russian military later announced the results of an investigation, accusing the Israeli F-16 fighter jet of deliberately "hiding" behind a Russian aircraft when attacking a target in Syria, causing the country's air defense to mistakenly target and fire at its ally. |
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| In addition to providing the S-300 system to Syria, Russia also announced that it will deploy to this country many radio-electronic complexes capable of jamming satellite navigation systems, communications and aviation radars. |
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| Minister Shoigu affirmed that if the measures taken by Moscow after the Il-20 was shot down were not enough to "cool down hot heads", Russia will continue to "take action according to the situation" to prevent moves that could endanger Russian soldiers in Syria. Photo in the article: Components believed to be the S-300 system Russia transferred to Syria and Iran's S-300PMU2. (Dan Nguyen) |