Russia mulls supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria after US-led strikes
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By: Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor
…from Russia Today, Moscow
The Scientific Research Facility was totally destroyed but appears to have been completely empty
[ Editor’s Note: The S-300s are a game-changer primarily for the Israelis. If deliveries of these start up again to Syria, it will also be a Russian signal to Israel that attacks on Damascus using Lebanon will be contested.
While the air-defense missile batteries might be SAA-manned and -controlled, the radar and target selection will be centralized over a secure network, probably a Russian one to protect it from electronic warfare. The best way to kill an air defense is by taking its communications down.
I picked up from an English-subtitled Russian program today that Syria had 40 Pantsir AA systems, but they were be...