Russia claims Syria air defences shot down 71 of 103 missiles .....

[MMC]

Here is Russia claiming something they can't back up. But lets see who will stick up for Russia and Assad.





Moscow says Syria’s Soviet-era systems downed majority of US, UK and French missiles.


The Russian military has claimed that the Syrian air defences, whose most modern weapon is a three-decades-old Russian-supplied anti-aircraft system, shot down 71 of 103 missiles fired by the US and its allies, the UK and France, a claim denied by the Pentagon.


As further details began to emerge about the sites targeted by the US-led strikes, Col Gen Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military said the strikes had not caused any casualties and that Syrian military facilities suffered only minor damage.


It was not possible to verify the claims.....snip~


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ority-missiles

[Peter1469]

This is a serious topic. Probably the only good reason the US had to attack Syria was to test the new Russian air defense systems. So we need to know what happened without spin.

[MMC]

This is a serious topic. Probably the only good reason the US had to attack Syria was to test the new Russian air defense systems. So we need to know what happened without spin.

The US used 4 B1 Lancers and the Brits used 4 Tornados. No loss of any Aircraft. So I doubt the Russians claim.

[Peter1469]

The US used 4 B1 Lancers and the Brits used 4 Tornados. No loss of any Aircraft. So I doubt the Russians claim.

Did they enter Syria airspace?

[MMC]

Did they enter Syria airspace?

The Tornados would of.....and All within alleged range of the Russians S300 and S400. Brits planes came from Cyprus and hit Homs.


The Russians claim they didn't use their S300 or S400 off the Coast. Which means then they let them fly over or couldn't do anything about it.


As for the Russian Pantsir S-1 their S125 and 200.....the outdated. I doubt seriously they could bring down anything that was fired.

[Peter1469]

The Tornados would of.....and All within alleged range of the Russians S300 and S400. Brits planes came from Cyprus and hit Homs.


The Russians claim they didn't use their S300 or S400 off the Coast. Which means then they let them fly over or couldn't do anything about it.


As for the Russian Pantsir S-1 their S125 and 200.....the outdated. I doubt seriously they could bring down anything that was fired.

If Russia did not use its advanced defense systems, it means they were working with the US.

[MMC]

They have a map with that Guardian Link. Take a look at it. The Russians are full of $#@!.

This morning Syrian State Media said only 3 killed in the attacks. Of course showed Assad showing up for a day of work like nothing was going on. Naturally downplaying the damage that took place.

[MMC]

If Russia did not use its advanced defense systems, it means they were working with the US.

Moscow said Syria used S-125, S-200, Buk and Kvadrat systems to repel the attack.


The US said three targets Russian officials named six airbases as specific targets of Saturday’s attacks, including al-Dumayr military airport, an airbase near the city of Homs, and the Shayrat airbase that was targeted in 2017.


Rudskoi said Syria had Soviet-made defence systems that Moscow has “completely overhauled”, including S-200 systems and Buk missiles.



He said Russian air defences in Syria – including state of the art S-400 coastal missile batteries located at the Russian naval base at Tartus and elsewhere – monitored the strike but did not engage any of the missiles.


Rudskoi said the Syrian military used Soviet-made air defence systems with high efficiency, shooting down all of the missiles aimed at four key Syrian airbases.


The most significant Russian response for the region, however, is likely to be the announcement that Moscow will consider supplying Syria with S-300 missiles in response to the attack.....snip~ Same Guardian link.

[texan]

Here is Russia claiming something they can't back up. But lets see who will stick up for Russia and Assad.





Moscow says Syria’s Soviet-era systems downed majority of US, UK and French missiles.


The Russian military has claimed that the Syrian air defences, whose most modern weapon is a three-decades-old Russian-supplied anti-aircraft system, shot down 71 of 103 missiles fired by the US and its allies, the UK and France, a claim denied by the Pentagon.


As further details began to emerge about the sites targeted by the US-led strikes, Col Gen Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military said the strikes had not caused any casualties and that Syrian military facilities suffered only minor damage.


It was not possible to verify the claims.....snip~


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ority-missiles

You can claim that when anyone that challenges the statement lives fears being poisoned.

[Tahuyaman]

This is a serious topic. Probably the only good reason the US had to attack Syria was to test the new Russian air defense systems. So we need to know what happened without spin.

You're not going to get a no spin story from Russia. They are the very best at mis or disinformation.


I doubt that they shot any down let alone a majority.