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| Russian military releases full report for US-led missile attack on Syria |
| 2018-04-18 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian military has released a full report on the US-led missile attack against Syria during the morning hours of April 14, part of which details what Syrian air defense systems were used and the effectiveness of such weapons. According to the report, one hundred and three (103) US, British and French cruise missiles fired at Syria were engaged by a range of Syrian air defense systems including Pantsir-S1, Buk-M2, Kub, Strela-10, Osa, S-125 and S-200 that, in turn, replied with 112 surface-to-air missiles (SAM). In order, the effectiveness of these air defense systems were recorded as follows:
The statistics likely fail to account for Western cruise missiles that were downed or driven off target due to ‘soft-kill’ electronic warfare systems – something which Russian sources will never confirm the use of. In any case, going by official numbers, the interception rate of Syrian air defenses during the US-led missile attack stands at about 70 percent. Syrian Air Defense Force shows off interception systems used to repel US-led missile attack on Syria [ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has released a brief promotion video (below) showcasing some of the anti-aircraft systems that were used to counter a barrage of over one hundred cruise missiles fired at Syria by the United States, Britain and France on April 14. The video demonstrates the operation of a number of anti-aircraft systems by the Syrian Air Defense Force including Buk-M [SA-11/SA-17], Pantsir-S1 [SA-22 Grayhound], S-125 ‘Pechora’ [SA-3 Goa], SA-6 ‘Kub’ and ZSU-23-4 ‘Shilka’. Furthermore, the video also showcases a very quick view of the P-15 early warning radar system. Going by official Russian military accounts, the US-led missile attack against government sites on April 14 saw Syrian air defenses down about 70 percent of all incoming cruise missiles. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Syrian air defenses down about 70 percent of all incoming cruise missiles. Just for grins, let's pretend this is true. In planning a strike, you expect some percentage of incoming to be taken out by the defenses. With roughly 100 missiles launched, this leaves 30 for what seems to be a small number of targets. Given that the targets are 'soft' buildings (as opposed to hardened bunkers and aircraft revetments) and looking at the before & after pix, this all sounds semi-plausible. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-04-18 13:51 |
| #2 Going by official Russian military accounts, the US-led missile attack against government sites on April 14 saw Syrian air defenses down about 70 percent of all incoming cruise missiles. ...HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahNO. Not even close. The BDA pics I've seen so far suggest to me that pretty much every single weapon got through. Kind of interesting too that we're not seeing a single piece of wreckage or other evidence. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-04-18 05:52 |
| #1 Do they mean the ADS that didn't fire until the attack was over but kept firing into the next day? The Pentagon said more than 40 Syrian surface-to-air missiles had “no material effect” on the allied strikes, which McKenzie said hit their targets. None of the more sophisticated air defenses that Russia has positioned in Syria were employed, he said. Pentagon officials said none of the 105 allied missiles fired were hit by Syria’s Soviet-era antimissile fire. A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under briefing rules, said it appeared that nearly all the Syrian surface-to-air defenses were fired after the allied missiles hit their targets. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Johnson8948 2018-04-18 03:00 |