Israeli Defense Firm Released Video Showing Destruction Of S-400 Radar
The Syrian conflict influences not only the balance of power in the Middle East, but also strategies and military programs of the powers involved.
There is no secret that over the past years the Russian Armed Forces have used Syria as a test ground for some of its newest weapons and equipment, from cruise missiles to modern aircraft, and then have employed the gained experience for an extensive modernization of its forces.
In own turn, Israel seems to be found a way to exploit the “Russian threat” narrative and a complicated situation on the Syrian battle ground as a tool to promote own weapons and equipment.
Israel Aerospace Industrie (IAI), Israel’s prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, which designs and builds civil aircraft, drones, fighter aircraft, missile, avionics, and space-based systems, released two promo videos, which could be considered as a clear example of this approach.
One of the videos is dedicated to the Mini Harpy tactical loitering munition. The weapon is said to be combining capabilities from IAI’s two previous flagship loitering munitions, the Harop and Harpy that have both the ability to lock on to radiation-emitting threats like radar with man-in-the-loop electro-optical guidance. According to IAI, the weapon is electrically powered, weights 45 kg and carries a shaped charge weighing about 8 kg. However, one of the most interesting things is that the Mini Harpy promo includes an animation showing how the weapon destroys an apparent Russian all-altitude surveillance radar 96L6, which can be used in both S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, something what has never happened in reality.
In another video, this time promoting the Barak-8 air defense system, the Israeli defense contractor demonstrated animated versions of Ka-50 attack helicopters and Su-27 fighter jets as enemy targets, which then were destroyed. The Ka-50 Black Shark serial production was halted in 2009 and the attack helicopter is now more in service with the Russian Armed Forces. The Su-27 is still in service with the Russian military.
These videos go in the course of the Israeli government narrative, which has repeatedly threatened to destroy S-300 air defense systems, if they are being employed against its aircraft attacking Syria. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) also released two videos showing destruction of Russian-made Pantsir-S short- to medium- range system operated by the Syrian military.
The IDF shunned delicately a shot down of its modernized F-16I jet by a Syrian S-200 missile in February 2018. Probably, this is bad for business. Despite this, all the aforementioned Israeli actions are mainly designed to display the alleged Israeli military superiority and advantages of its weapons and equipment.
To achieve this goal, Tel Aviv is openly exploiting a relatively soft position of Russia towards Israeli actions in Syria and Moscow’s readiness to cooperate with all sides to defeat terrorists and put an end or at least de-escalate the conflict. It is also apparent that a part of the Israeli leadership works to show that this Russian approach is a sign of weakness.
The problem of this behavior is that it seems that the Israeli military occasionally falls in the trap of its own propaganda. This leads to IL-20-like incidents when hostile Israeli actions led to the shot down of the Russian intelligence plane and Moscow responded by a series of public steps to ensure safety of its troops and the most important opted to deliver the S-300 to the Syrian military and establish a united air defense network in the war-torn country.
The further Israeli actions of this kind may eventually lead to the another round of escalation in Syria and once again put the region on the edge of a hot regional war.
As shown in this article, John Bolton also has a very controversial solution to the Middle East problem:
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2019/02/john-boltons-three-state-middle-east.html
For a man who did whatever he could to avoid fighting in a war, he certainly seems to love the concept.
Sally, that Bolton is a bloodthirsty psychopath can surely come as no surprise. He represents really existing ‘Western Moral Values’ at their most naked, and in that, in a way, he is preferable to the conniving confidence-tricksters like Obama et al.
John Bolton is an abrasive, annoying puffed-up bureaucrat that puts on an act of a tough-guy while obviously exhibiting signs of fear and cowardice. Enough said.
He is held in contempt in his home country, the USA. Even the moronic Fox Network regularly lampoons him by basing their fanatical and simpleton character “Ned Flanders” on him.
Every-time you see Bolton, think Ned Flanders and then you’ll see how ridiculous the whole charade is.
Propaganda experts and little else of real substance. As my father used to say – brave Israeli troops have a unique weapon, a rifle that shoots around corners because it has a bent barrel. Too bad one can’t see the target.
Iron Dome, anyone?
CIA Is Turning Refugee Camps Into Hotbeds Of ISIS Cells In Eastern Syria
The CIA is conspiring with ISIS commanders in northeastern Syria supplying them with fake documents
and then transferring them to Iraq, according to reports in Turkish pro-government media.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2019/03/13/cia-is-turning-refugee-camps-into-hotbeds-of-isis-cells-in-eastern-syria/
That Thanatopia would reconstitute Daash after the Syria defeat was as certain as the dawning of the day. The genocidal thugs created al-Qaeda over thirty years ago, and they keep it and its bastard offspring alive to today.
Masters of propaganda… for as long as people keep believing it.
Sally
Trump’s appointment of the warmongering lunatic Bolton as his ‘Security Adviser’ is beyond farcical.
This one appointment alone makes a complete mockery of the office of POTUS and his entire election platform.
If you google “Bolton threats” you will come up with a list a mile long. One particularly disgraceful instance amongst many was when he was acting SOC with his subsequent vicious and thuggish handling of Bustani who was Director General of the OPCW at the time… I will quote from the below link…”
“You have 24 hours to leave the organization, and if you don’t comply with this decision by Washington, we have ways to retaliate against you.”
There was a pause.
“We know where your kids live. You have two sons in New York.”
Cheers and regards
Col
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/29/john-bolton-trump-bush-bustani-kids-opcw/
I find the title of this article/video a bit deceiving. I was expecting a black and white video footage of an S-400 radar being hit by an Israel missile, not a silly animation. The title is a bit exaggerated, don’t you think ?
And what is the Dutch sounding voice narrator lol :-) ?
I totally agree! It’s misleading. This is complete wishful thinking, nothing to do with any past, present, nor probably even future event.
We need to take into account all the claims/possibilities/capabilities in order to process the actual threat to a very important facet of Russian air control in the area. Remember, VVP also gave a presentation of Russian missile capabilities using animations a little over a year ago and the response from the neocons in the US government has been to prod for the US to leave the INF and continue the saber rattling near and far. So, as the crazies in DC took it seriously for reasons clear to them and perhaps apparent to us, maybe the Russian leadership shouldn’t dismiss it offhand ( I can almost guarantee that they don’t ).
That’s the point: it’s wishfull thinking and propaganda.
“To achieve this goal, Tel Aviv is openly exploiting a relatively soft position of Russia towards Israeli actions in Syria and Moscow’s readiness to cooperate with all sides to defeat terrorists and put an end or at least de-escalate the conflict. It is also apparent that a part of the Israeli leadership works to show that this Russian approach is a sign of weakness.”
There is a lot more to it than that. The use of Russian material as “the enemy” is a very clear threat being made by zionazia against Russia. The israelis are openly saying to Russia “we consider you the enemy now”. They are also telling Russia, “we f*** you”, but then the insecure buggers say that to everyone, even their favourite goy marks… er, “friends”.
This threatening Russia directly by goatbuggeria is new and a further intentional escalation of hostility towards Russia by the things. The israeli first act, of this policy change, was the deliberate setting up the Russia Il-20 to be hit by Syrian air defense in error. That was the first f*** you message from zionazi, inc., though they still maintained innocence at intentionally setting the shoot down up. While the current ads are not actual attacks against Russia, like the Il-20 op, they send the message overtly, rather than coyly.
Back when the zionazi-gays had their georgian tie eater attack South Ossetia in 2008, the israelis also couldn’t resist bragging about how their material and trained monkeys vanquished the Russians. At least initially.
Right after their georgian gofer attacked, on Thursday night, the israeli media on Friday began bragging how israeli arms, tech and training kicked Russian arse. But by Sunday, the cowardly goatsods were contritely saying “oh, we didn’t mean anythng anti-Russian”, as the Russians had by then routed that “superior” israeli armed and trained georgian military out of existence.
Then the israelis backed down. Today they are brazen. There are several main reasons why.
The zionazi-gays have essentially gone extreme right, even for zionazis. The previous moderating less extreme there is backfooted. This due is to the world situation where zionazia’s influence is at its height (in the western capitalist oligarchies), but at the same time is being very effectively challenged outside “the west”. That effective challenge to zionazi/nazi power means no greater israel, no zionazi-gay world domination from a central Jewish state running it directly wet dream. Time is running out for those freaks and they are desperate. They’re going hard core. Forget the duplicious diplomacy of the past (the shimon peres sort), it’s orders, threats, tantrums, aggression, er…, like one sees from their trump quislings.
That zionazi-gay desperation can also be seen in their colonies, especially the american, eu and brit commonwealth ones. All have been recently skewed to the zionazi extreme right and zionazia is going for broke, pushing their colonies well beyond the limits they did before. The goatsods are so desperate now they don’t care about the pushback like they did before.
Look at the zionazi-gay quisling trump regime and its craven bending over for israel. The most subservient and treasonous regime in american history, ever. They make the most traitorous of the Literally. WW2 occupied regimes appear to be paragons of patriotism in comparison. Compared to trump & co., the petain regime were patriotic giants.
The israeli/zionazi scum are being forced out of their “hidden influence” closet and out into the open. This is where their power is the weakest.
This is much less important than might be thought at first glance. I am over simplifying for brevity, but there a 3 main components in an AA system:
-1- Radar Emitter / Reflection Detector
-2- Sytem Integration and Command a.k.a. “The Brain”
-3- Interceptors (of various ranges)
Because radars send out signals they are easily located and destroyed via relatively inexpensive HARM weapons. So the radars themselves are designed to be expendable and replaceable.
The launchers are the mid tier in value. The longer the range the more expensive and harder to replace the launcher becomes. There is much more to a launch vehicle than pointing the missile upright.
The most expensive and virtually irreplaceable component is The Brain that makes the whole system work as a whole. Destroying radars and launchers can take a system offline temporarily. Finding and hitting a Brain vehicle typically requires an operator issue and/or very good on the ground intelligence.
Israel’s ability to stop Russian new arms, makes of Israel an US asset unrivalled. And, since it is an US obsession to erase Russia’s people and steal it’s land as it was a Nazi goal, probably British as well since they helped murder the last Tzarist family opening up Russia to the globe….an US obsession held by all the Deep States, of the US/UK Russia is in great danger as is the vast US from Russia and China!
WW111 will wipe out much of life…..already in steep decline from US abuse.
Read volumes One, “No Immediate Danger”, and volume Two, “No Good Alternatives”, of Carbon Ideologies by
William T. Vollman. He spent eight years and vast amounts of his own money to travel the world get the factual proofs of climate change and what of mans work is involved in this change. Can we escape it? Heal the world from it?
“Heal the world from it?”
Hi Suzanne, my gues is that to put an immediate limit to waste of energy and resources may be the only answer for now because the so-called ‘renewables’ definitely aren’t, at least not for now.
Have a look at this young man who spent a good deal of his active life pursuing a non-carbon and non-nuclear world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yALPEpV4w
Also have a look at the many people (mostly French) who have or are actually building their own (energy passive) ‘GREB’ house, a method from Canada.
http://documents.approchepaille.fr/doc2014/greb_straw_bale_technique.pdf
http://eco-logis.org/the-bay-eco-village-from-straw-to-resilience-quebec-july-2015/
Cheers!
Jac
Radars have triple redundancy (and more) built in using fiber optic connections and are presumably separated from processing and firing battery unit(s) which can even be hundreds of miles away now! This is fairly basic stuff now and a first strike decapitation option no longer exists, except in the minds of the spinners.