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Earlier, the daily Kommersant quoted its sources as saying that Russia would provide S-300 systems to Syria on the disinterested basis.
Hal Turner's account may be based on this earlier report. Meanwhile the Israelis are reporting that the S-300's are being supplied.
Put it all down to the Fog of War.
Russia
to Provide Syria with Advanced S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)
System - FREE
23
April, 2018
Russia
has agreed to supply Syria with the S-300 Surface-to-Air missile
system, and do so at NO COST, to prevent future attacks upon Syria by
Israel, the U.S. and its coalition partners.
Israel
says the S-300 is a "threat" which they may attack before
it becomes operational.
Russia
says that its troops will be located at each S-300 site teaching the
Syrians how to use the new system. If Israel were to attack those
systems and kill Russian soldiers, Israel would have very bad
problem.
The
version of the S-300 Russia will begin delivering is the S-300
"Favorit."
Back
in 2010, Damascus contracted with Russia to receive the S-300,
but the contract was canceled at the request of Israel, which feared
for its airspace.
Now,
after the US, UK and France used a completely staged and totally
false "Chemical Gas Attack" to justify attacking the Syrian
government two weeks ago, this time the supply of S-300 Favorit
will be carried out . . . . and FREE OF CHARGE!
These
new missiles will tremendously enhance Syrian air defense covering
Damascus.
Experts
believe that the reaction of the Israeli military to such a move will
be predictably negative, and some do not exclude their attack on the
locations of the S-300 deployment.
Statements
about the readiness to supply Damascus with S-300 complexes were
sounded for the first time a few hours after the US, Great Britain
and France inflicted a massive missile and bomb attack
on Syria on
April 14 . The first was made by the chief of the
operational headquarters of the Russian Federation Armed Forces
General Staff Sergei Rudskaya:
"Taking
into account what happened, we consider it possible to return to
consideration of this issue - and not only against Syria, but also
other states."
"In
order to help the Syrian army contain aggression, we are ready to
consider all the necessary steps." And on April 20 he
directly told RIA
Novosti,
that after the last shelling of Syria "we now have no moral
obligations."
On
the same day, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Chief of the
General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Defense
Minister Sergei Shoigu. At the meeting "some aspects of the
situation in Syria" were discussed. There were no other
details reported.
It
is assumed that components of the S-300 (radar stations,
transport-loading machines, control posts, launchers, etc.) will be
delivered to Syria either by air transport aircraft or by the Russian
Navy.
The
S-300 could have appeared in Syria much earlier. In 2010, the
Ministry of Defense of the Republic and the special exporter of
Russian arms Rosoboron export signed a contract for four battalions
of SAM in the version of the S-300PMU-2. The contract was first
hampered by the civil war that began in 2011 in Syria - only the
radar stations were transferred to the customer, but not the rest of
the equipment (including launchers and missiles).
In
addition to internal circumstances, there were external ones: the
Syrian S-300 supply was constantly criticized by Israel, who believed
that, having received such a powerful weapon, the Syrian military
could control its airspace. Eventually, at the request of Tel
Aviv, the contract was canceled. "The Israelis expressed
concern about the delivery of the same S-300 systems to another
country in the region, since the S-300 can get Israeli territory from
its territory," President Vladimir Putin said during a direct
line on
April 16, 2015 ,
clarifying that Russia's concern has divided and returned to the
customer about $ 400 million in advance. Subsequently, these
S-300PMU-2 were adapted to the requirements of another customer -
Iran, who bought them for $ 1 billion ( see
"Kommersant" on November 10, 2015 ).
Together
with the Soviet systems S-125, S-200, Buk, Kvadrat and Osa, they will
form the basis of an echeloned Syrian air defense, which will be able
to shield not only Damascus, but also a number of military bases from
possible attacks by Israel and the US coalition, where Syrian
aviation is stationed and Iranian military instructors are located.
HOW ISRAEL ATTACKS
At
present, Israel launches aircraft from inside its territory, which
fly north into Lebanon. From Lebanon, the Israelis launch
air-to-ground missiles into Syria. When the S-300 goes
active, such attacks will no longer be possible.
Not
only will the S-300 detect the Israeli aircraft AND the missiles they
fire, the S-300 travels faster than the Israeli jets, and can shoot
them down before they ever return to Israel. Thus, deployment
of this new system in Syria will put a stop to the attacks conducted
by Israel.
According
to Colonel Viktor Murakhovsky, it makes sense to transfer at least
three or four divisions of the air defense system of this type.
As
of right now, Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 protect
airspace in Khmeimim and Masyafa, and the S-300V4 covers the
logistics center of the Russian Navy in Tartus.
Moscow
believes that the deployment of the S-300 in Syria will stabilize the
situation and will not allow the Israelis and the coalition led by
the United States to destroy civil and military infrastructure.
"Earlier,
the daily Kommersant quoted its sources as saying that Russia would
provide S-300 systems to Syria on the disinterested basis. The
newspaper said this would make it possible to create a multi-tier
system of air defense in Syria capable of protecting Damascus and air
bases from attacks. The Russian military command said such a decision
might be made after the missile attack the United States and its
allies dealt against military and civilian facilities in Syria."
No
decision made yet if S-300 is to be provided to Syria: Lavrov
23
April, 2018
The
question of providing S-300 air defense systems to Syria has not been
settled yet, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the media in
Beijing on Monday. Lavrov’s reply was published on the Russian
Foreign Ministry’s website.
“I
cannot say that this question has been settled,” Lavrov said. “We
know what Russian President Vladimir Putin said. He has discussed
such matters with an official of our Defense Ministry from the
standpoint of preventing a situation where Syria might turn out
insufficiently prepared for aggressive attacks, like the one that
occurred on April 14. It remains to be seen what decisions will be
made by the Russian leadership and Syrian officials. Apparently, no
secrets are due here. All this can be announced.”
He
warned there existed a certain risk of more provocations by Western
countries against Syria.
“Certainly,
one should be prepared to see more provocations, although we have
warned our US and European counterparts who participated in that
adventure,” he said.
Moscow
finds worrisome “the plans regarding Syria’s future our Western
counterparts are hatching.”
“Just
recently I heard French President Emmanuel Macron urge the United
States not to pull troops out of Syria even after the last terrorist
has been eliminated or driven out of that country. The French leader
was very close to saying foreign presence there should remain
permanent for building new Syria,” Lavrov said. “That’s
colonial stance.”
“We
will ask our French partners what specifically they have in mind,
because so far they have said at all levels that the US-led coalition
in Syria pursues exclusively the elimination of the threat of
terrorism coming from the Islamic State (outlawed in Russia) and
other organizations the UN Security Council has identified as
terrorist. This is a very serious question. We will keep working,”
Lavrov said.
Media
reports
Earlier,
the daily Kommersant quoted its sources as saying that Russia would
provide S-300 systems to Syria on the disinterested basis. The
newspaper said this would make it possible to create a multi-tier
system of air defense in Syria capable of protecting Damascus and air
bases from attacks. The Russian military command said such a decision
might be made after the missile attack the United States and its
allies dealt against military and civilian facilities in Syria.
Strikes
on Syria
On
April 14, the United States, Britain and France dealt a massive
strike on Syria without approval from the UN Security Council.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry a research center in
Damascus, the headquarters of the republican guard, an air defense
base, several military airdromes and military warehouses were among
the targets.
The
Russian Defense Ministry said the attack lasted from 03:42 to 05:10
local time. Of the 103 missiles launched the Syrian air defense shot
down 71.
Three
local civilians were injured. Washington, London and Beijing said the
strikes were in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack in
Syria’s Douma on April 7.
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