Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #13

BKP wrote:
The US Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare: The S-300 May Destroy and Expose the F-35

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/09/30/us-military-industrial-complex-worst-nightmare-s300-may-destroy-expose-f35.html

Isos wrote:Video of the delivry of s-300. They are not V4 version but PMU. They also gave reloads which means not only 16 missiles but much more which normal.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201810031068540236-s300-syria-deliveries/

The fact that the training of Syrian personnel will take some time will not affect the rapid combat readiness of the S-300 complex. At the first stage, the air defense system will be served by highly qualified Russian specialists. In the future, the Syrian anti-aircraft gunners will take over, and to guarantee the reliability of their work, control by the Russians is necessary. It is worth mentioning that in the military environment often the human factor influences the development of events. If Syrian peveoshniki will make the same mistakes as at present, and Russian experts do not control their work, there is a possibility of the development of a “chain of dramatic events” that will lead to the outbreak of a major war in the Middle East region. ..if Moscow provides a no-fly zone over the Syrian territory controlled by Damascus, this will mean that Iran and Hezbollah will have their hands free under the protection of Russian EW, Air Defense and S-300 air defense systems provided by the Kremlin to Bashar Assad. With such a development of the situation, Tel Aviv will never reconcile and will act with lightning speed.
A number of prominent political scientists indicate that the transfer of the S-300 and the ACS to Damascus, as well as the intensification of the work of Russian EW facilities in the Syrian coastal zone, is primarily a message to the United States and to those countries whose warships and aircraft took part in missile strikes on Syria retaliation for the alleged use of chemical weapons by Bashar Asad against the armed opposition. Moscow has already notified its Western partners that it is aware of the preparation of an imitation of a new chemical attack in the province of Idlib, the consequence of which will be a new rocket attack. Given this, the statement of the Russian Minister of Defense can be viewed as a response to the next direction of Washington and a number of NATO countries of their warships to the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea.

“We have significantly strengthened and turned on the electronic warfare system. Added additional equipment there. As a result, today we control the near zone up to 50 km and the far zone — the main direction from which we entered the Syrian territory, “We control 200 km,” Shoigu told the Security Council meeting. He stressed that by October 20, work will be completed on the establishment of a unified air defense command and control system.
It must be admitted that the Russian military made difficult commitments, a very short time to debug the network-centric control system. In addition, Shoigu mentioned that only four launchers were delivered. That is, we are still talking about the formal transfer to Damascus of only one C-300 battery.
Previously, the media has already published information (not confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation) that it is planned to supply two regimental sets of S-300. Experts explain that the data of the air defense system, coupled with an automated control system, will work in a single information field with the Russian air defense systems, which will ensure interaction between them. Experts believe that for reliable air defense of the entire Syrian territory, it is necessary from six to eight divisions of this complex in combination with other air defense systems (the Pantsir-S1 missile and artillery complexes, military Buk-M1 / 2E air defense missile systems and outdated air defense systems, which are already in service with the Syrian air defense forces). It is assumed that Russia will transfer to its ally the brigade automated control systems (ACS) “Baikal-1ME”, “Polyana-D4M1”.
If you manage to create and debug a modern air defense system in Syria, then difficult times will come for Israeli F16 fighters; There are ammunition, which, according to experts, will still pose a serious threat. From the entire list of those, the following are distinguished: the AGM-88E AARGM anti-radar missile, the ATACMS and LORA tactical ballistic missiles. In addition, it should be borne in mind that there are 12 fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets in service with Israel.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a powerful group of EW facilities is being created to conduct radio-technical suppression of military satellites (space navigation aids), aviation, ship groups that pose a threat to military objects of the CAA and Russian videoconferencing systems. Experts suggest that the following complexes will be involved: 1L269 "Krasukha-2", 1L257 "Krasukha-4", R-330ZH "Resident", R-330M1P "Diabazol", etc. In addition to the above, according to the adviser to the first deputy general director of the concern "Radio technology "Vladimir Mikheev, to fight the drones are created systems of electromagnetic weapons (microwave guns), which already" exist and are developing very effectively. " True, the introduction of their base samples is expected only in 2019.
Politicians in Israel and the United States have expressed concern over the creation by Moscow of a new air defense system in Syria. The military of these countries do not see any particular problems for themselves. First, in their opinion, the dialogue already established between them and the Russian General Staff will allow to avoid a direct collision. Secondly, if necessary, the Pentagon and the IDF are able to create a grouping of forces and means for an air attack, so powerful that the Syrian air defense system, even if it works in conjunction with the Russian Aerospace Forces grouping, adjusted by the Russians, will not endure a massive strike & will be destroyed. Due to the remoteness of the theater of operations from the supply structure, Moscow will not be able to compensate the losses in a short time.

JohninMK wrote:The Syrian S-300 doesn't need to bother about west of the mountains as there are the sea level RuAF S-300/400 systems for that. Also the RuAF S-400 at 1300m in the mountains fills in a few radar shadow areas.

Isos wrote:https://mobile.twitter.com/warsmonitoring/status/1047838175501148160

B-52 intercepted by a sukhoi over Syria. Picture from the OLS.

Tsavo Lion wrote:USA to deploy F-22 stealth fighters in Syria to counter Russia's S-300
I guess they don't trust the F-35s!

JohninMK wrote:

Tsavo Lion wrote:USA to deploy F-22 stealth fighters in Syria to counter Russia's S-300
I guess they don't trust the F-35s!

Can't find the Drive article that was based on. Anyway F-22s are already there on rotation. A pair of tankers have been dragging four of them home today.

Russia would love to have them there in full stealth mode, lots of data opportunities.


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Spotted - o/h Israel from the Gulf heading W
Two USAF KC-10 tankers escorting 4 X USAF F-22 (with external fuel tank?)
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