03.03.2018 - 17:07 [ rferl.org ]

After U.S. Strikes Syrian Air Base, Russians Ask: ‚Where Were Our Vaunted Air Defense Systems?‘

(7.4.2017) The Kremlin first deployed the „Triumph“ S-400 system in Syria in 2015 after Turkey in November that year shot down a Russian warplane Ankara said had strayed into Turkish airspace. The system uses a package of four different types of missiles to account for various incoming weapons and aircraft: one has a long range of 400 kilometers, and another a range of only 40 kilometers, providing overlapping blanket coverage. The system is capable of downing aircraft, drones, and cruise missiles including Tomahawks, the RIA state news agency reported at the time.