You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian military deployed S-400 system near Iraqi border, tracked F-35s: media
2020-01-22
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Armed Forces have deployed their S-400 air defense system at the Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria, the Chinese publication Sohu reported on Wednesday.

"The maximum detection range of the S-400 air defense radar at the Hmeimim Airbase is only 600 kilometers, which means that the Russian S-400 radar can only detect aircraft over most of the border between Iraq and Syria, but not over the border between Iraq and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
. The most appropriate explanation is that the Russian Air Force sent the 96L6E radar, located at the Hmeimim Airbase, to the Qamishli Airbase in the northeast border region of Syria, which is only 100 kilometers from the Iraqi border," the publication reported.

According to the publication, this information was made available after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told news hounds that the Russian Armed Forces tracked six F-35 warplanes along the Iran-Iraq border during the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) attack on the U.S. forces inside Iraq.

The report would be corroborated by the aviation publication Avia.Pro, who also confirmed that if the Russian air defenses did indeed pick up the U.S. aerial presence along the Iran-Iraq border, than it was due to the S-400’s proximity to the Iraq border.

"Given the Russian S-400’s target detection range, these air defense systems could indeed detect six a-35 fighters near Iran’s borders," they said.

It should be noted, however, that while Iran has made similar claims, the U.S. has not commented on Lavrov’s allegations.

Posted by:Fred

#6  And perhaps mapping the S-400 radar locations for HARM and other fun toys for later. Nobody seems to think of things like that.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2020-01-22 13:35  

#5  Ergo, testing at Dimona.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-01-22 12:26  

#4  So they were deploying their radars in support of Iran's various operations at the time?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2020-01-22 12:12  

#3  Which means you know a plane is over in that direction somewhere.

"I feel a disturbance in the (electromagnetic) Force."
Posted by: SteveS   2020-01-22 11:41  

#2  Marketing 101
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-22 11:27  

#1  Russian Armed Forces tracked six F-35 warplanes

Big whoop. They were most likely flying to be seen by other radars as they were not on a combat mission. And even when they do go for combat, you can only "see" them on long UHF frequencies. Which means you know a plane is over in that direction somewhere. Not even accurate enough for a targeting solution with a weapon.

The F-35 also has frequency jamming where they can overwhelm a radar with so many signals it basically shuts down. That feature has been proved in combat missions.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-01-22 11:06  

00:00