Turkey decided to deploy additional air defense systems in Syria

March 4 2020 5

Turkey intends to deploy the entire spectrum of its air defense systems in Syria to ensure control of airspace at all altitudes.

According to a statement by the head of the secretariat of the defense industry under the administration of the President of Turkey Ismail Demir, referred to by the Daily Sabah, Ankara intends to deploy two more air defense systems in Idlib within a week.

The Korkut systems already deployed in Syria will be complemented by Turkish-made systems for intercepting targets at low altitudes HISAR-A and HISAR-O for intercepting targets at medium altitudes.

In addition to air defense systems, Turkey is actively using its military aircraft to control airspace over Idlib.

So, according to a military source, on March 3, near the city of Maaret Nuuman in the province of Idlib, a Turkish air force plane shot down a Syrian L-39 with an air-to-air missile.

The Turkish military department also announces the destruction of one aircraft, one drones, six tanks, five howitzers, two air defense installations, three armored vehicles, five armed pickups, six army vehicles, a warehouse with ammunition belonging to the Syrian Arab army, as well as “neutralization” 327 military personnel of government forces.

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steelmaker

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4 March 2020 12: 33

This is the aggression and occupation of Syria! And what was Putin going to talk about with Erdogan? This Turkey is already setting up a no-fly zone insolently!
1. vik669
  
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  4 March 2020 19: 30
  
  So in Syria, it turns out that only in Turkey it remains to deploy additional air defense systems, naturally, at the request of the civilian population. Well, Putin should not turn his back on Erdogan, because ...!
GRF

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4 March 2020 13: 02

Civilians do not protest ...
Valentine

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4 March 2020 14: 06

And why, why, the Ottoman port is being recreated within its former borders, so the Armenians and Georgians are waiting for the guests, but seriously, I would like to ask our defense industry what you are arming with these very S-400s of our potential enemies, and they’re already going to buy S-500, and they will shoot our planes with our missiles, why do you supply oil and solarium to our real enemies - Ukraine, supply gas, electricity, machine tools and spare parts, and they kill the Russian population of Donbass, and how But the slogan - we don’t give up our?
1. NordUral
  
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  5 March 2020 13: 48
  
  Namely, we are building a transfer along with technologies, we are building a freebie for the Turks of the nuclear power plant, gas for nothing and, in addition, replacing Ukrainians on the gas pipeline with their Wishlist and whims. Although, for me, even though all the pipes are welded tightly, gas is needed in Russia, Siberia is Russian without gas, it is heated with coal.