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The Russian Defense Ministry announced the results of its analysis of the effectiveness of the missile strikes carried out by the United States, Britain and France on Syria on the night of April 14 and the weapons used to repel them.
The Russian defense spokesman, Major General Igor Konashinkov, said on Monday that the Syrian air defenses destroyed 71 rockets out of 103 missiles detected in the Syrian airspace.
The ministry detailed the number of missiles launched by the three countries and the number of missiles intercepted by the Syrian defenses, as follows:
They added that the Syrian government forces succeeded in intercepting most of the missiles fired on their sites through the Soviet-made air defense systems of the types of "S 200", "S 125", "Osa", "Kfadat", "Buk" and "Strela", Where the Syrian air defenses launched 112 anti-air missiles, including:
The Russian defense explained that the S-200 systems did not hit any of its targets by saying that they were designed to destroy aircraft in the first place (its lowest height for intercept is 300m while cruise missiles fly much lower), not missiles in particular, asserting that air defense systems used to repel the attack proved to be very effective, although the targets were high-speed and small.
The Russian defense spokesman, Major General Igor Konashinkov, said on Monday that the Syrian air defenses destroyed 71 rockets out of 103 missiles detected in the Syrian airspace.
The ministry detailed the number of missiles launched by the three countries and the number of missiles intercepted by the Syrian defenses, as follows:
- On the Damascus International Airport: 12 rockets were fired, all intercepted.
- On Bla Airport: 18 rockets were fired, all intercepted.
- On Shaareat airport: 12 rockets were fired, all intercepted.
- On the airport: two rockets were fired, and intercepted
- On Mezze Airport: 9 rockets were launched, and 5 were intercepted
- On Homs airport: 16 rockets were fired, 13 of which were intercepted On the research and scientific center in Barza and Guramana: A total of 30 rockets and a guided aerial bomb were fired, of which 5 were intercepted.
They added that the Syrian government forces succeeded in intercepting most of the missiles fired on their sites through the Soviet-made air defense systems of the types of "S 200", "S 125", "Osa", "Kfadat", "Buk" and "Strela", Where the Syrian air defenses launched 112 anti-air missiles, including:
- "Pantsir" - 25 missiles were fired, 23 of which hit targets.
- "Buk" - launched 29 missiles, 24 of them hit the targets.
- "Osa" - 11 missiles were fired, 5 of which hit targets.
- "S-125" - 13 missiles were launched, 5 of which hit targets.
- "Strela 10" - fired 5 missiles, 3 of which hit the targets.
- "Kfadrat" - 21 missiles were launched, 11 of which hit targets.
- "S 200" - Eight missiles were fired, which did not meet their targets.
The Russian defense explained that the S-200 systems did not hit any of its targets by saying that they were designed to destroy aircraft in the first place (its lowest height for intercept is 300m while cruise missiles fly much lower), not missiles in particular, asserting that air defense systems used to repel the attack proved to be very effective, although the targets were high-speed and small.