Syria reveals secret to stop Israeli smart missiles

Information and images of this interception were posted by the Syrian state news agency (SANA) stating that the air defense force in the al Kisweh area, about 12 km southwest of the capital Damascus, shot down the Israeli missile.

Images released showed burning pieces of the missile falling from above to the ground after a loud explosion.

A local source said two members of one family were killed, while Western human rights groups also said the attack left several Iranians dead.

Buk-M2E missile in Syria.

The source added that during the attack from the Israeli Air Force on southern Damascus, the entire Syrian air defense system deployed in the area worked well.

As soon as the radar signal warned of an incoming missile attack, the entire air defense network in the area was alerted and ready to fire when the target was locked shortly after.

However, it is unclear how many missiles the Israeli fighter jets used, but only 3 interceptor missiles from the Buk-M2E system were launched and the results were beyond expectations when 2 missiles were intercepted.

Before stopping this attack, Syria's Buk-M2E system stunned the Israeli air force when it successfully intercepted 4 out of 5 missiles weighing up to 1.36 tons each that attacked Damascus International Airport in late 2017.

Citing local sources, RT said that immediately after the interception, many pieces of the intercepted missile were scattered throughout the al Keshwah area near the town of al Zariqiyeh, towards the capital Damascus.

Although it did not say what type of Israeli missile was shot down, Russia revealed that this type of missile weighed about 1.36 tons.

Based on this information, it can be seen that this is most likely a Popeye produced by Israel based on the American AGM-142 Raptor medium-range air-to-ground missile.

According to the Russian manufacturer, it is no coincidence that Buk-M2E can easily destroy these difficult-to-intercept targets, because Buk-M2E is designed to intercept most aerodynamic targets, including ballistic missiles.

The missile complex has a range of 3 - 50 km, target altitude of 10 m to 25 km, and can shoot down 24 targets at the same time.

To be able to complete the above mission, the Buk-M2E system is designed with target search radar and fire control radar, both equipped with phased array antennas, microprocessors, and digital control computers, helping the Buk-M2 have very high combat performance.

Specifically, the probability of destroying F-15 fighters is 90 - 95%, ground-attack cruise missiles is 70 - 80%, ballistic missiles are 60 - 70%, helicopters and UAVs are over 90%. However, in actual combat, the Buk-M2E's target interception success rate is much higher.