Archiv: S-200 / S-300 / S-400 / S-500 (air defense missile systems / produced in Soviet Union / Russia)


15.12.2024 - 09:55 [ Times of Israel ]

Report: Russia draws down forces in Syria, removes S-300 system that troubled Israel

(Ooctober 20, 2022)

Though it has on several occasions harshly criticized Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Jerusalem has so far avoided providing direct military aid to Kyiv — neither offensive arms nor advanced defensive technology — in an attempt to avoid sparking a crisis with Moscow.
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An encrypted phone connection was installed in 2017 between a Russian air base in western Syria and the Israeli Air Force command center in Tel Aviv.

The S-300 system was moved to Syria is 2018. Control of the batteries was never handed over to Syrian government.
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Russia still maintains its more advanced S-400 air defense system in Syria, but the missiles are reportedly tasked only with defending Russian assets.

15.12.2024 - 09:38 [ Antiwar.com ]

Report: Israel Sees Opportunity To Bomb Iran After Downfall of Assad

Israeli officials now say they have total air superiority over Syria due to the lack of air defenses, which could make it easier to launch airstrikes on Iran. Israeli warplanes used to have to avoid air defenses when bombing Syria, but now Israeli officials say they’re able to fly over Damascus without having to worry about getting shot down by Russian-made air defenses.

09.10.2024 - 06:37 [ Forbes ]

Russia Risks Reputation Of Its Weapons Systems With Iran Air Defense Delivery

(August 7, 2024)

The report did not specify the exact type of equipment Russia is delivering. Iran is interested in acquiring the long-range, strategic S-400 Triumf air defense missile system. Tehran acquired advanced S-300PMU-2 systems from Moscow in 2016 and also operates short and medium-range Russian Buk and Tor systems. (…)

Israel trained for striking S-300s for over a decade before the Isfahan strike. Its air force trained against Greece’s S-300PMU-1 based on the island of Crete in 2013, gaining valuable insights about its capabilities and potential vulnerabilities it could one day exploit against a Syrian or Iranian system.

06.10.2024 - 20:34 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

Mikati confers with Turkish Foreign Minister over current situation

Prime Minister Najib Mikati received a call today from Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during which they discussed the current situation in Lebanon, especially on the humanitarian level and the relief for the families who were forced to be displaced from areas exposed to Israeli aggression.

During the call, Minister Fidan reiterated Turkey‘s readiness to support Lebanon in its humanitarian needs.

29.09.2024 - 17:14 [ NordicMonitor.com ]

Turkey excludes $2.5 bln Russian S-400 missiles from new air defense system project

(August 9, 2024)

In an earlier statement in 2020 to CNN Türk, Russian Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov said, ‘Whether [the system] is used or not is a decision for the country that owns it. Turkey purchased the product they wanted from us. The owner of this system is Turkey. It is entirely dependent on what Turkey decides. Whether you go to the beach with it, carry potatoes or mount a machine gun on it for war, keeping it in the ‘garage’ is your right.”

29.09.2024 - 17:01 [ Al Jazeera ]

Erdogan: Turkey to produce S-500s with Russia after S-400 deal

(May 19, 2019)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey and Russia would jointly produce S-500 defence systems after Ankara’s controversial purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Moscow.

29.09.2024 - 16:55 [ Anadolu ]

Turkish president condemns Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, calls for global action

Erdogan criticized the international community for enabling Israel‘s actions, saying that as Tel Aviv continues to receive „weapons and ammunition support from its backers,“ it becomes „increasingly reckless, defying all humanity, humanitarian values, and international law.“

He stressed that Israel‘s „politics of madness,“ already seen in Gaza and Ramallah, must not be allowed to spread to Lebanon and other countries in the region.

„No person of conscience can accept, justify, or deem such a massacre legitimate,“ he said.

29.09.2024 - 16:36 [ Anadolu ]

Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon

(September 24, 2024)

„Indiscriminate Israeli strikes on residential areas under the pretext that Hezbollah weapons are being stored there led to massive civilian casualties and significant destruction of civilian infrastructure,“ Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.

Citing the Lebanese Health Ministry, Zakharova said that at least 492 people, including around 150 women and children, were killed by Israel’s „armed aggression“ on Monday.

07.10.2023 - 06:46 [ Tass.com ]

S-400 technology transfer to Turkey is purely commercial matter, Putin says

(3. April 2018)

Commenting on Russia’s decision to expedite S-400 deliveries to Turkey, the Russian leader stressed it had been done „at the request of our Turkish partners and friends.“

„Naturally, we discussed cooperation between Russian and Turkey in the military technical sphere, in particular, the implementation of the contract for supplies of S-400 Triumf missile systems to Turkey. We have decided to expedite deliveries if these highly efficient Russian-made defense systems,“ Putin said.

07.10.2023 - 06:24 [ NationalInterest.org ]

Would Russia Really Sell to Syria the S-300 Air Defense System? (And Why It Might Not Matter)

(April 23, 2018)

McKenzie noted that the Russian owned and operated S-300V4 and S-400 systems stationed in Syria did not attempt to engage the incoming cruise missiles. “In the attack on Friday night, Russian air defenses were energized,” McKenzie said. “They were scanning, they had a [Beriev A-50] Mainstay air defense aircraft up. They did not choose to engage, so I can‘t speculate about why they did or didn‘t do that.”

13.08.2023 - 14:51 [ RT.com ]

Fresh missile attacks on Crimean Bridge foiled, local reports say

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine “attempted to conduct a terrorist strike on the Crimean Bridge using a guided air-defense S-200 missile converted into a strike version” around 1pm Moscow time on August 12.

15.04.2023 - 03:06 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Five people killed, 15 wounded, seven may remain under rubble after Russian attack on Sloviansk – regional authorities

„As of 18:00, five dead and 15 wounded were reported. Seven people, including one child, might probably remain under the rubble,“ he said on the Telegram channel on Friday.

The enemy attacked the town at around 16:00. According to preliminary information, the town was shelled by S-300 missiles.

21.11.2022 - 11:23 [ @FlippinCoin / Nitter ]

3/ @TrentTelenko Furthermore, this is the only agricultural processing site in a region of 25 sq km, cursory evidence that supports an intentional targeting of Poland behind the facade of Russia‘s biggest missile barrage into Ukraine so far, with the intention of a false flag???

21.11.2022 - 11:07 [ @TrentTelenko / Nitter ]

So that photo all but rules out the „nearby Ukrainian 5V55K missile launch“ narrative. The crater is too small and there is no fragmentation damage on the tractor and cart consistent with a „5Zh93“ warhead in airburst or impact modes.

19.11.2022 - 13:57 [ Flippin Coin / Nitter ]

S300 warheads are different for AD & ground. AD uses fragmentation & proximity fuse: it means the tires you see in the photo would have been shredded & there would be no crater. It‘s a huge hole, so if not a cruise, a ground-attack S300. Only Russia uses those.

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19.11.2022 - 13:47 [ Espreso.tv ]

Only missile converted from S-300 to ballistic one could cause destruction like in Poland – Oleksiy Hetman

(17 November, 2022)

„If we assume that the rocket completely deteriorated and lost electronic control, then if it fell to the ground, it would also not have been able to explode. The missile does not explode from detonation, it explodes from the command of electronic equipment located inside. The Russians turned such S-300 missiles into ballistic missiles with a regular charge instead of metal balls and cubes. Such a missile can fall to the ground and explode. This missile has been processed from an anti-aircraft missile to a ballistic one. In Ukraine, such processed missiles were not made,“ Hetman stressed.

19.11.2022 - 13:38 [ DefenceView.in ]

Does Russia really using S-300 air defence System Against Ukraine to Hit Ground Targets?

(July 27, 2022)

There are documents on cases of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles used by the Russian military for ground attack tests in the air defense systems. Combat training. Even the Belarusian Army has practiced using the S-300 system to attack fixed targets on the ground.

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The Russian Army has long tested the S-300 surface-to-air missile system’s ability to kill ground targets. The missiles, when launched on a ballistic trajectory, can reportedly be used to attack command centers, radar stations, and hangars up to 120 kilometers away, according to the Russian military.

19.11.2022 - 13:32 [ Ukraine Battle Map / Nitter ]

The missiles hit the village of Przewodow in Poland Przewodow is 7 km away from the Polish-Ukrainian Border The missiles landed 120km from Belarus, and 70km north of Lviv

16.11.2022 - 10:30 [ Big Serge / Nitter ]

Very clear photos of the missiles that impacted in Poland – no doubt that they are Ukrainian S-300’s. These misfires have been common and it was just a matter of time before something bad happened.

16.11.2022 - 10:01 [ The Kyiv Independent / Nitter ]

NATO to send air defense systems to Slovakia. Germany and the Netherlands will deliver MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 air defense systems to Slovakia. Prior, Slovak Defense Minister said that his country would transfer the Soviet-made S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine.

(19.03.2022)

16.11.2022 - 09:43 [ associated press ]

Poland: Russian-made missile fell on our country, killing 2

That assessment and Biden’s comments at the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia contradict information earlier Tuesday from a senior U.S. intelligence official who told the AP that Russian missiles crossed into Poland.

14.03.2022 - 10:57 [ NZZ.ch ]

Das Rätsel am Himmel der Ukraine: Russlands Luftwaffe bleibt dem Kampfgeschehen weitgehend fern

Die Ukraine verfügt einerseits über sowjetische, aber relativ leistungsfähige Waffen wie das Abwehrsystem S-300. Es kann nicht nur Helikopter, sondern auch Flugzeuge über weite Distanzen erfassen und bekämpfen.

Vor dem Krieg soll die Ukraine bis zu 250 entsprechende Abschussrampen besessen haben; die jetzigen Bestände sind unbekannt.

25.02.2022 - 06:48 [ ASB News / MILITARY / Twitter ]

CNN reporting now the explosion over Kyiv tonight was a Ukrainian SU-27 shot down by Russian anti-air battery in the city‘s suburbs — not a Russian aircraft.

17.10.2020 - 16:19 [ ISCResearch / Twitter ]

URGENT – According to unconfirmed data, Azerbaijani Armed Forces destroyed another S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armenian Armed Forces, today. #Turkey tested today its new S-400 Air Defense systems (likely useful against Armenia)

CONFIRMED – A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 UAV/drone by the Azerbaijan armed forces captured the moments when the Armenian S-300 Air Defense System was destroyed.

17.10.2020 - 11:14 [ Tagesschau.de ]

S-400-System: Türkei testet wohl russische Raketenabwehr

Ersten Berichten zufolge hat die Türkei eine Übung mit dem russischen S-400-Raketenabwehrsystem abgehalten. Der Deal mit Moskau belastet die Beziehungen zur NATO schwer. Die USA drohen mit „ernsten Folgen“.

20.11.2019 - 19:38 [ MENAnalyst ‏ / Twitter ]

… So its really interesting to see how Syrian air defense [S-300s protect Damascus AP] was whistlin dixie while IAF F35s were doing slam dunks & the Russians [S-400 range covers this area] were out to lunch ? “ #SYRIA

12.10.2019 - 10:19 [ China Global Television Network ]

Will Putin succeed in selling Russia‘s S-400 to Saudi Arabia?

(10.10.2019)

Russian President Vladimir Putin will begin his visit to Saudi Arabia, which has suffered from an attack on its oil facilities a month ago. He has one thing in his mind – touting Russia‘s missile defense system.

20.09.2019 - 18:07 [ New York Times ]

Putin Says Saudis Should Buy Russian Missiles, to Laughter From Iran

(17.09.2019)

“These kinds of systems are capable of defending any kind of infrastructure in Saudi Arabia from any kind of attack,” he added.

Mr. Rouhani, seated next to Mr. Putin, laughed visibly. The broadcast on the state-owned Russian television network RT captured the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, chuckling to himself in the audience.

03.08.2019 - 16:59 [ theIntercept.com ]

How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia’s Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad

(16.07.2019)

Though Russia has been instrumental in protecting the Assad government, which appeared to be on the brink of collapse four years ago, it has also carefully cultivated a military relationship with Israel over the past decade.

After more than seven years of war, the skies over Syria are saturated with aircraft from multiple militaries and armed groups, each pursuing their own goals, including using the country as a weapons-testing ground.

18.07.2019 - 10:42 [ defensenews.com ]

Turkey officially kicked out of F-35 program, costing US half a billion dollars

In a statement, Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor on the F-35 program, said, “This is a government-to-government matter, and as always, we are following official U.S. Government guidance as it relates to delivery of the F-35 to Turkey and the export of goods from the Turkish supply chain.”

18.07.2019 - 10:17 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Kooperation bei Kampfjets:: USA werfen Türkei aus F-35-Programm

Die Befürchtung der USA: Durch den parallelen Einsatz russischer- und NATO-Systeme könnte Moskau an wichtige Details über die Fähigkeiten der F-35-Kampfjets kommen. Das sei nicht hinnehmbar.

21.06.2019 - 16:51 [ radiofarda.com ]

Russia Refuses To Sell S-400 Air Defense Missile System To Iran

(01.06.2019)

Reports from Russia also picked up by media in Iran‘s neighbour Turkey say Putin has rejected the request over concerns about rising tensions in the Persian Gulf region where several Arab leaders voiced their concern about Iran‘s military ambitions.

This comes while according to Hurriet daily newspaper, the delivery of S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey is going ahead according to schedule,

04.03.2019 - 22:50 [ PressTV ]

Qatar: Arms deal with Russia ‚none of Saudi business‘

„There is a discussion for procurement of various Russian equipment, but there is no understanding as of yet as to this particular equipment,“ he added, referring to Russia‘s S-400 missile defense system.

Lavrov also confirmed that talks on „bilateral“ military cooperation with gas-rich Qatar were under way.

04.12.2018 - 03:18 [ Trend.az ]

US, India to ‚sort out‘ sanctions waiver for S-400 purchase – Mattis

„We‘ll sort out all those issues here today, and in the days ahead… we’ll work all this forward,“ Mattis told reporters on Monday when asked if he expects New Delhi to get a sanctions waiver over the S-400 purchase.

13.10.2018 - 19:52 [ Roger N. McDermott / Real Clear Politics ]

Moscow’s S-300 Double Bluff in Syria

The biggest mystery about the Russian military S-300 transfer to Syria is the sighting of only four launchers. Combined with some of the other issues involved, it seems that Moscow has used the S-300 system as a double bluff: its transfer to the SAA will not result in deterring the Israeli Air Force from conducting future strikes in Syria, nor will a full-fledged joint Russia-Syria air-defense system emerge.

02.10.2018 - 04:16 [ MEMO ]

Russia will monitor air traffic in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Europe from Syria

“We will know not only that someone has entered the airspace in this region, but also that somewhere a plane is only operating on the runway, be it in Israel or Saudi Arabia or even in Europe,” Vladimir Mikheyev, first deputy director of government-owned Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies, told Russia’s Tass news agency

01.10.2018 - 15:51 [ Brasco_Aad ‏/ Twitter ]

Vladimir Mikheyev of Radioelectronics Technologies about Israeli threats to destroy Syrian S-300: ‚We will deliver Krasukha & Zhitel electronic warfare units to Syria & these systems will place its air defenses under an „electronic umbrella,“ making it hard to spot & attack them.

27.09.2018 - 02:08 [ Jason Ditz / antikrieg.com ]

Russia Will Provide S-300s to Syria to Defend Entire Airspace

Following Monday’s announcement that Russia will provide Syria with advanced S-300 air defense systems within the coming weeks, officials now say that the delivery is intended to provide enough such systems to cover all of Syrian airspace.

04.09.2018 - 18:46 [ nationalinterest.org ]

Russia‘s S-500: How Putin Could Kill Air Force F-22s and B-2 Stealth Bombers?

The next generation weapon is designed to supplement Moscow’s already potent S-400 and replace the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system. Not only does the weapon have unprecedented capability to hit high altitude targets—including ballistic missiles and satellites—at extremely long ranges, there have been some claims—usually from the media—that the system could target stealth aircraft.

04.09.2018 - 18:43 [ Haaretz ]

After Netanyahu Visit, Russia ‚Not in Talks‘ With Syria to Supply S-300 System

(11.5.2018) Israeli PM has lobbied hard to keep Russia from providing advanced anti-air system to Syria. Top aide to Putin now says Assad has all it needs.

22.07.2018 - 14:07 [ Haaretz ]

After Netanyahu Visit, Russia ‚Not in Talks‘ With Syria to Supply S-300 System

(11.5.2018) Israeli PM has lobbied hard to keep Russia from providing advanced anti-air system to Syria. Top aide to Putin now says Assad has all it needs.

22.07.2018 - 14:05 [ Hurriyet ]

Turkey proposes Russia ‘joint production of S-500 missiles’

(14.6.2018) “Besides [the S-400s], I have made a proposal to Russia for the joint production of the S-500s,” Erdoğan said in a televised interview late June 13.

The S-500s are still under development and believed to be deployed by 2020 as a supplement but with a longer range to the existing S-400s sophisticated surface-to-air missiles. Turkey will procure the S-400s to augment its air defense by July 2019.

In reaction to some countries’ opposition against the Turkish purchasing of S-400s, Erdoğan recalled that Greece has an earlier version of Russian air defense systems, the S-300s, on its soils.

22.07.2018 - 14:02 [ presstv.com ]

Saudi Arabia: S-400 sale talks with Russia ‘advancing well’

(1.6.2018) Speaking to Sputnik on Thursday, the kingdom’s Ambassador to Moscow Rayed Krimly said the two sides were working out the technical details of the contract.

„We signed the contract during the King’s visit. What is now happening is the implementation requires technical details of technology transfers, other technical details between experts of both sides,“ he said.

„Experts need to finish their discussions, we cannot put a date for the end of discussions, but it is proceeding in a very positive manner,“ Krimly added.

22.07.2018 - 13:44 [ Reuters ]

Turkey, Russia sign deal on supply of S-400 missiles

(29.12.2017) Turkey and Russia on Friday signed an accord for Moscow to supply Ankara with S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries, Turkish authorities said, finalizing a deal set to deepen military ties between NATO member Turkey and the Kremlin.

22.07.2018 - 13:36 [ Reuters ]

Russia and Qatar discuss S-400 missile systems deal TASS

Russia and Qatar have been in discussions about a possible sale of S-400 missile systems to Doha, TASS news agency cited the Russian envoy to Qatar as saying on Saturday.

17.05.2018 - 14:19 [ hdb / Twitter ]

#Sputnik wird nicht müde das s-400 Flugabwehrsystem loben zu lassen. Fakt bleibt aber, die PR-Angaben wurden noch nie praktisch verifiziert und Russland vermeidet auch jeden Praxistest! Warum wohl?

11.05.2018 - 20:45 [ Reuters ]

Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies

The comments, by Vladimir Kozhin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin who oversees Russian military assistance to other countries, follow a visit to Moscow by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, who has been lobbying Putin hard not to transfer the missiles.

29.04.2018 - 08:26 [ South Front ]

Russia Considers Delivery Of S-300 Air Defense Systems To Syria

(27.April) The S-300PMU-2 ‘Favorite’ is an export version of the Russian S-300 missile defense system. It has the range of 195 km and uses the 48N6E2 missile. This missile can be used against aircraft, cruise missiles, UAVs, theater ballistic missiles, even against intercontinental ballistic missiles.
According to the newspaper’s sources, the air defense systems deliveries will be made free of charge. The alleged goal of the effort is to assist the Syrian military in establishing a multi-layered air defense across the country.

14.04.2018 - 09:57 [ Rob Lee / Twitter ]

After warning the US against a future strike against Damascus, Gen. Gerasimov had a conversation with Gen. Dunford. The Russian MoD is concerned because, while they have Russian air defenses at their bases in Khmeimim (S-400 and Pantsir-S1) and Tartous (S-400V4),

(13.3.2018)