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2019-02-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Images show S-300 air defense batteries in Syria likely turning operational

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Smoke from the S-300 boilers was visible for miles.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-06 07:47|| 2019-02-06 07:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Is it just me or have they been hyping the S-300 for years, but they never seem to become operational. It's like the Russians sell them the systems but they never give them the final piece of tech that makes them fully functional.

Posted by Chris 2019-02-06 08:22|| 2019-02-06 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I dunno. Fairly primitive SA-2s shot down a lot of American planes.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-02-06 09:16|| 2019-02-06 09:16|| Front Page Top

#4 At this rate the S-300 is going to come online just in time to test itself against brand new Israeli F-35s. I wish them the best of luck in getting a good deal on which layer of Hell they end up in. Nothing Russia has ever built can stand up to a squadron of F-35s piloted by the IDF.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-02-06 09:25|| 2019-02-06 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 Was operated by Russians, MM.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-06 10:08|| 2019-02-06 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 An SA-3 (S-125 Neva/Pechora) shot down a F-117.

Granted, the slav guys running it knew where the F-117 would be and had some intercepted radio traffic. I doubt the Israelis would be sloppy enough to force their planes to fly the same damn route every time to avoid "civilian" areas.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-02-06 12:22|| 2019-02-06 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 What am I missing? If you have satellite pictures, you have targets. Right? If you have targets you have lots of crafty ways to strike them. Right?

Posted by Beau 2019-02-06 14:15|| 2019-02-06 14:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Once they turn their Rooskie radar on, you've got a target.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-06 14:45|| 2019-02-06 14:45|| Front Page Top

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