Interesting development here.
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Three groups of experts - Russian, Iranian and Syrian ?– still at sea over why Syria?’s two early warning stations failed to protect its skies or identify Israeli air force raiders on Sept. 6.
October 5, 2007, 8:59 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Russian air defense system which failed
This lapse was first revealed exclusively by DEBKAfile on Sept. 7: The Israeli jets said to have penetrated Syrian airspace Wednesday night escaped by jamming Russian-made Pantsyr-S1 air defense missiles
DEBKAfile?’s military experts conclude from the way Damascus described the episode that the electronic systems and radar of the Pantsyr-S1 air defense missiles were a letdown because they failed to down the intruders and therefore leave Syria and Iranian airspace vulnerable to hostile intrusion.
Such information on the Russian weapons systems sold to Syria and Iran is essential to any US calculations of whether to attack Iran.
Read full article by DEBKAfile?’s military sources of Sept. 7: HERE
These revelations were followed up on Sept. 21 by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 318 (for subscribers): Syria?’s vulnerability
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Three groups of experts - Russian, Iranian and Syrian ?– still at sea over why Syria?’s two early warning stations failed to protect its skies or identify Israeli air force raiders on Sept. 6.
October 5, 2007, 8:59 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Russian air defense system which failed
This lapse was first revealed exclusively by DEBKAfile on Sept. 7: The Israeli jets said to have penetrated Syrian airspace Wednesday night escaped by jamming Russian-made Pantsyr-S1 air defense missiles
DEBKAfile?’s military experts conclude from the way Damascus described the episode that the electronic systems and radar of the Pantsyr-S1 air defense missiles were a letdown because they failed to down the intruders and therefore leave Syria and Iranian airspace vulnerable to hostile intrusion.
Such information on the Russian weapons systems sold to Syria and Iran is essential to any US calculations of whether to attack Iran.
Read full article by DEBKAfile?’s military sources of Sept. 7: HERE
These revelations were followed up on Sept. 21 by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 318 (for subscribers): Syria?’s vulnerability