Published video delivery Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-300 to Syria. Clip is shown in the TC website “star”. Demonstrated unloading complexes of An-124-100 aircraft “Ruslan”.
On the eve of the delivery of air defense systems to Syria, the supreme commander reported to the Minister of National Defense. According to Sergei Shoigu in the SAR delivered 49 pieces of military equipment, which is part of the deployment system of air defense systems.
From the statements of the Russian Defense Ministry:
We have completed the delivery of S-300 complexes. It includes 49 pieces of equipment: locator lighting, naturally, the basic definition of the system, machine control and four launchers.
noted, that the delivery of the work was completed by the evening 1 October.
Vladimir Putin asked Sergei Shoigu, how long it takes to train the Syrian air defense calculations work with S-300. According to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, it will take about three months.
Noteworthy is the reaction of the US State Department on the statements of Moscow on the supply of S-300 to the Syrian army. State Department spokesman said Heather Nauert, that the US has no data on supplies of S-300. Nauert:
We hope, that did not happen. Otherwise, this has led to serious problems in the form of a new round of escalation of the Syrian conflict.
Recall, that the decision on sending to Syria S-300 systems, and electronic warfare was made after the tragic situation with the aircraft IL-20 videoconferencing RF. Defense Ministry submitted data on, that the Syrian system S-200 shot down by mistake IL-20, since that time the F-16 the Israeli Air Force was covered by Russian electronic reconnaissance aircraft. In Israel, all these charges rejected, Expressing, that the country's air force planes were in the air space of Israel at that time, when the system of ATS air defense shot down Russian aircraft. Earlier, Israel first completely denied any involvement in the strikes on Syria, then he said, that all the quartet of aircraft at the time of the application of the S-200 air defense troops of Syria was at the home airfield.
