Baladi News
The S-300 missile systems, which Moscow recently transferred to Syria, are"very advanced version, and equipped with technologies that were not previously added to these models of missiles made for export," Izvestia Russian newspaper sited a Russian Defense Ministry official as saying.
These systems differ from the classic model in that they possess more advanced radars and target identification abilities, as well as a mobile command center, the newspaper added.
The systems can also reportedly intercept the most advanced fighter jets and medium-range ballistic missiles of up to 155 miles, and are capable of defeating electronic warfare systems, according to the official.
Sources in the Russian defense ministry told the newspaper that Iranian forces in Syria are not operating the S-300PM-2 system, which they said only Russian forces know how to operate. The Iranians, are in possession of older systems, the sources said.
Last month a Russian military aircraft was downed in Syrian airspace, where Russia blamed the incident on Israel, claiming that Israeli fighter jets flying overhead for an airstrike on a military research facility had caused Syrian defense systems to fire on the Russian plane.
As a result, Russia announced it would upgrade Syria’s anti-air defense network and send the S-300 system there.
Source: Agencies + Israel National News