Syria says Russian missile defence system ‘ineffective’

[Constantin84]

Hamas toppled Lieberman and not Assad.

Much of those people just served their terms and finished.

Also Assad is posterboy for Russian, Eastern European, Chinese, Iranian, Iraqi interests. He's irrelevant. If Russia didn't intervene his regime would have collapsed.

Eastern European interests in Syria?

 

[Asian.Century]

Thats a big shock to S300 and S400 buyers. Its an ineffective defence system.

And so aa the UAE, Egyptian and Saudia American fighters and planes as ineffective.

 

[Mr Happy]

Those Syrian operators are either totally incompetent or not trained properly.

China cnt even make proper masks. Just quantity.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...asks-bought-from-china-not-hospital-safe.html

Chinese products look like toys.

 

[GumNaam]

The Syrian military has criticised the Russian S-300 missile defence system, saying that it is largely ineffective against Israeli air strikes, Avia.pro reported yesterday. A Syrian military source told the Russian outlet that the radar used on the S-300 and the Pantsir-S systems has proven to be incapable of detecting and hitting Israeli cruise missiles on numerous occasions.

Other Russian air defence systems incorporated into Syria’s military infrastructure were said to be even more “backward”, such as the S-125, Osa and Igra air defence missiles.

This is not the first speculation about the effectiveness of these air defence systems, as they date back to the Soviet era and were supplied to the then USSR’s Syrian Baathist ally from the 1960s to the 1980s. They don’t bear comparison with more recent systems that Russia has manufactured, such as the S-400.

Radars which do work, however, are reportedly those manufactured and delivered by China in recent years, such as the long-range JY-27 and JYL-1 systems as well as the LLQ120 radar which detects low-altitude targets. These, the Syrian military has said, work successfully in their detection of Israeli missiles and help the success of some Russian air defence missiles. A potential solution, according to Avia.pro, could be to import more Chinese radars to work in conjunction with the Russian missiles.

Throughout Syria’s ongoing civil war, Israel has regularly carried out air strikes in order to destroy military sites, bases and facilities belonging to Iran and its proxies, who have been supporting the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. The Israelis want to prevent the creation of a land corridor from Iraq through Syria to Lebanon, by which Iran would transport arms, equipment and fighters.

The latest of these strikes took place last night, when Israeli helicopters fired on sites in southern Syria, causing limited damage. Another incident took place today when missiles reportedly hit a military cache in the western city of Homs, causing explosions. Syria has denied that this was an Israeli strike, however, saying that it was caused by “human error”.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200501-syria-says-russian-missile-defence-system-ineffective/

told ya russian s300/400 systems are junk...isreali systems are no better either as was proven on Feb 27th, they turned out to be duds. The real winner here are Chinese long range radars!

 

[Mr Happy]

told ya russian s300/400 systems are junk...isreali systems are no better either as was proven on Feb 27th, they turned out to be duds. The real winner here are Chinese long range radars!

Chinese make rubbish.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...asks-bought-from-china-not-hospital-safe.html

Cnt make proper masks. China just hyping itself up. We know Chinese products. Never much quality. I will give to them that at least they try. Chinese products are like toys.

 

[Mithridates]

told ya russian s300/400 systems are junk...isreali systems are no better either as was proven on Feb 27th, they turned out to be duds. The real winner here are Chinese long range radars!

maybe we are over estimating air defenses.

 

[Mr Happy]

maybe we are over estimating air defenses.

Airforce has it's own importance.
So, does an army.
Also, navy, and land military equipment such as tanks.
Then you have missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and missile defence systems.

USA and Russia are the big boys. The rest come after.

 

[GumNaam]

Chinese make rubbish.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...asks-bought-from-china-not-hospital-safe.html

Cnt make proper masks. China just hyping itself up. We know Chinese products. Never much quality. I will give to them that at least they try. Chinese products are like toys.

The Chinese toys that can detect & track cruise missiles!

maybe we are over estimating air defenses.

Agreed. Ground based air defences cannot match the effectiveness of interceptors jets & electronic warfare.

 

[Beny Karachun]

told ya russian s300/400 systems are junk...isreali systems are no better either as was proven on Feb 27th, they turned out to be duds. The real winner here are Chinese long range radars!

What exactly happened on February 27th?

 

[Safriz]

That's good news for Pakistan as india is buying S-400

 

[Pandora]

Cruise missile are not as easy target and can only be intercepted by LOMADS effectively. As for Russian systems their credibility has suffered greatly after Turks had a field day with them. Turks Effectively targeted Pantsir and BUK systems but now if systems like S300 are also useless then it is indeed a worrisome trend. Turkey probably should reconsider its s400 acquisition as well. Russian are running a bloody ponzy scheme with their dud Air defense systems.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Hardly a surprise and anyway the best way to detect low-flying cruise missiles is by having AEW planes.

Syria needs a proper air-defence network to defend itself.

Ahahahah Russia and Syria showcased the S-300 as the end of Israeli air superiority, which now is proven wrong

 

[Pandora]

What exactly happened on February 27th?

Actually Israeli Spyder system did take out one target.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Actually Israeli Spyder system did take out one target.

SPYDER Is an export only weapon system though.

 

[GumNaam]

What exactly happened on February 27th?

look it up!