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Syrian air defense forces shot down an Israeli warplane and an Israeli drone SITREP, by Scott

Army Command: Syrian air defense forces shoot down Israeli warplane and drone after attack in Quneitra Quneitra, SANA – The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces announced on Tuesday that the Israeli enemy’s air force attacked a Syrian military position in the countryside of the southern Quneitra province at 1 am on September 13, 2016. The General Command said in a statement the Syrian air defense forces

Technology SITREP: Russia deploys the most advanced air-defense systems on the planet in Syria

Check out this footage from Ruptly: What is interesting here is that besides the famous S-400 ‘Triumf’ system this video also shows footage of the point air defense system Pantsir and that the title identifies this as the Pantsir-S2 version.  This is important because the S2 variant is the most advanced version of this already formidable system. You can think of the Pantsir as an “engagement cupola” with a 40km

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