Why the Syrian S-300s continue to stubbornly remain silent
The death of the Russian IL-20 transporter with all the military personnel on board, due to the provocative maneuver of the Israeli pilot, led to a sharp aggravation of relations between Moscow and Tel Aviv last year. A series of formidable statements followed from the Kremlin, and S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems were sent to Syria. It was expected that the Syrian sky was now covered by a reliable air defense umbrella. However, in fact this did not happen.
At the initial stage, the Israeli Air Force prudently stopped its hunt for Iranian military and pro-Iranian armed groups in the Syrian Arab Republic. Just in case, Israeli specialists flew to Ukraine, where our “Ukrainian friends” acquainted them in detail with the features of the S-300 air defense system. After some time, the IDF air raids resumed. The last and most daring happened on March 27 in the city of Aleppo, controlled by Damascus. The terrible S-300s meanwhile continue to stubbornly remain silent. What can this be connected with?
This question is asked by the Syrians, and Iranians, and the Russian patriotic public, and Western experts. In fact, there can be at least three explanations.
The unavailability of Syrian settlements
The Syrian army has been waging a war longer than the Great Patriotic War was going on with us. During this time, she lost a large number of professional personnel officers. Learning to calculate the S-300 air defense system from scratch takes a very long time. It is also necessary to take into account the specifics of the East, in which sometimes people fall into significant positions not so much on merit and ability, but on kinship.
Uncompetitiveness of the S-300 before the F-35
It is believed that the effective detection threshold for Russian anti-aircraft systems is 150-200 kilometers. The American F-35 fighters, which are in service with the Israeli Air Force, according to news reports, attacked Aleppo on March 27, being at a distance of about 250 kilometers from the S-300. Thus, the presence of a reliable air defense umbrella over Syria is a myth.
Anti-Iranian conspiracy
The Western media are increasingly expressing the opinion that the "formidable Russian silence" of the S-300 can be explained by the presence of certain political agreements between Tel Aviv and the Kremlin. Israel explicitly declares that squeezing Iran out of Syria is its goal. If this hypothesis is correct, then the Russian authorities are playing a double game against their Iranian ally by reaching an agreement with their recent abuser.
I don’t want to believe in something like this, but the fact that Tehran decided to transfer its own production to the SAR air defense system can indirectly confirm this. True, then it is not entirely clear why the Iranian air defense systems are just as “menacingly silent”.
At the initial stage, the Israeli Air Force prudently stopped its hunt for Iranian military and pro-Iranian armed groups in the Syrian Arab Republic. Just in case, Israeli specialists flew to Ukraine, where our “Ukrainian friends” acquainted them in detail with the features of the S-300 air defense system. After some time, the IDF air raids resumed. The last and most daring happened on March 27 in the city of Aleppo, controlled by Damascus. The terrible S-300s meanwhile continue to stubbornly remain silent. What can this be connected with?
This question is asked by the Syrians, and Iranians, and the Russian patriotic public, and Western experts. In fact, there can be at least three explanations.
The unavailability of Syrian settlements
The Syrian army has been waging a war longer than the Great Patriotic War was going on with us. During this time, she lost a large number of professional personnel officers. Learning to calculate the S-300 air defense system from scratch takes a very long time. It is also necessary to take into account the specifics of the East, in which sometimes people fall into significant positions not so much on merit and ability, but on kinship.
Uncompetitiveness of the S-300 before the F-35
It is believed that the effective detection threshold for Russian anti-aircraft systems is 150-200 kilometers. The American F-35 fighters, which are in service with the Israeli Air Force, according to news reports, attacked Aleppo on March 27, being at a distance of about 250 kilometers from the S-300. Thus, the presence of a reliable air defense umbrella over Syria is a myth.
Anti-Iranian conspiracy
The Western media are increasingly expressing the opinion that the "formidable Russian silence" of the S-300 can be explained by the presence of certain political agreements between Tel Aviv and the Kremlin. Israel explicitly declares that squeezing Iran out of Syria is its goal. If this hypothesis is correct, then the Russian authorities are playing a double game against their Iranian ally by reaching an agreement with their recent abuser.
I don’t want to believe in something like this, but the fact that Tehran decided to transfer its own production to the SAR air defense system can indirectly confirm this. True, then it is not entirely clear why the Iranian air defense systems are just as “menacingly silent”.
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