Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Syrian via Russia TOR-M1 SA15 Gauntlet S-to-A Mobile Missile System




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TOR-M1 9A331 SA-15 Gauntlet Ground-to-air missile on armored vehicle.

Has sophisticated cyber-warfare rendered these Russian systems obsolete? Spoofing - the ability to take over an enemies air defence network, creating dummy targets? Remember Israel's raid into Syria, was this system deployed at the time defending main SAM batteries?
http://defensetech.org/2007/10/08/a-closer-look-at-israels-syria-raid/

Or was the area Israel penetrated largely undefended -- Syrian Strategic SAM Deployment:
http://geimint.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/syrian-sam-network.html

What do we know about Syria's air defences:
http://defensetech.org/2012/06/28/what-do-we-know-about-syrias-air-defenses/

Never mind Russian, what about Chinese military technology in Syria -- Chinese Radars in Syria:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?dhaki37cur3udpu

FSA have already struck at some of these sites -- Syria Freedom Fighters Seize Military Airbase at Jebl Simon - Idlib 6-26-12 Take Dictator's Weapons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYen5h13Dck&feature=player_embedded
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http://geimint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/captured-syrian-radar-position.html

On a lighter note, the now defunct Syria Exposed blog humorously casts doubt on the strength of Syrias air defence system, from an insider:
http://syriaexposed.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/myth-no13-baby-lion-2nd-will-get-j...

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