Russia deployed S-300 missiles in Deir Al Zour
The Israeli DIPKA website reported that Russia deployed the S-300 air defense system in Deir Al Zour, east of Syria.
The Israeli website quoted military sources as saying that the Russian Defense Ministry had ordered the transfer of a battalion of anti-aircraft missiles with Russian operators from the area of Description
Masyaf, west of Hama to Deir Al Zour.
The site pointed out that the battalion equipped with eight bombers, and includes between 50 to 70 rockets.
There has been no statement from the Russian Defense Ministry on the deployment of the missiles, while Israel has not officially commented on the Russian move so far.
On October 2, Moscow announced the completion of the delivery of the S-300 air defense system to the Syrian government in full.
Last October, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published pictures showing the deployment of four launchers to the defense establishment near Masyaf, west of central Syria’s Hama,
These Russian movements came in what appears to be continuing Russia’s process to cover the airspace of the entire Syrian territory.
A report prepared by an American institute that the development of Syrian air defenses will cause the US and Israeli warplanes a lot of trouble.
The report published by the Institute for the Study of the American war on the Internet, that the electronic means of electronic warfare deployed in Syria is used to limit the potential of US forces in the region.
The report found that the US Air Force and its allies would face difficult problems after the Syrian Air Defense Forces obtained modern Russian weapons.
The Russian military experts say, responding to the report of the American Institute that it comes as recognition of the Syrian air defense force and the strength of Russian weapons.
Russian military experts said that “the American report admitted that the Syrian air defense puts sticks in the wheels of the United States and its allies”.
“The American report really complains that the Syrian air defense capabilities do not allow the Americans and their Israeli friends to attack the Syrian people with impunity”.