So, why didn't Syria use its S400's systems today?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/world/middleeast/samir-kuntar-hezbollah-syria-israel.html?_r=0
This was over Damascus, not some craphole likely held by FSA/ISIS/ISIS-lite/etc.
>>28267386
1. Syria doesn't have any
2. Damascus is far from the S-300's
3. No one is touching the Jews with America overhead
>>28269013
>1. Syria doesn't have any
Yes they do.
>>28269063
>>28269013
It's the 5P85SE2 variant on a MAZ chassis. More commonly on the BAZ chassis, but in effect they are the same.
>>28269076
Covers 400 KM. They were deployed about three years ago.
The first ring on the top is where they are currently deployed. The bottom ring shows what coverage would be with another system in Damascus.
This has been not necessarily a game changer for US strategy, but is part of the reason why we're not going to see many more Turkey incursions of Syria--and possibly Iraqi-- air space in the foreseeable future unless Erdogan wants to play chicken.
>>28269106
>three years ago.
Three weeks ago*
>>28269063
You mean Russia.
>>28267386
Syria doesn't want to give the US an excuse to bomb its shit. So Israel gets a free hand to perform limited airstrikes against shit stains like Hezbollah and all is right with the world.
>>28269063
They are Russian. Weather /pol/ likes it or not Russian and Israel are on friendly terms.
Russia will let Israel bomb the fuck out of Hezbollah inside Syria. Plus you forget that Israel lets Russia fly over its air space to bomb ISIS (and the FSA).
And even if they hated each other. If Russia shoots down an Israeli jet... then what? Israel are very good at SEAD and jamming. Yea, Israel would lose some aircraft but the Russian base would be turned into a crater and wouldn't be able to send help.
>>28267386
Not even America has the power to defeat Isreal
>>28272934
Agree. AMERICA is OWNED by Israel. America is nothing but a cowardly slave dog.
>>28272934
>>28272947
You both are fucking retard. Israel is 20 years behind the US in equipment and technology
>>28267386
Those missiles are in the north of the country. Damascus is in the southwest.
Learn to geography.
>>28269106
Cover's the physical range of the missiles, but the detection and targeting range is entirely dependent on a laundry list of factors. Weather, jamming, stealth, fuckup RADAR operators, ect.
>>28272947
go back to /pol/, stormfag