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Syrian S-300 Ready to Use?

Syria’s S-300PM2 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system (NATO reporting name: SA20-B Gargoyle) has likely achieved initial operational capability (IOC) or is about to achieve IOC by May/June 2019. In response to the Ilyushin-20 incident of September 2018, Russia transferred three battalion sets (with eight 5P85SE launchers each) of the SA-20B/S-300PM2 version (domestic/non-export) from its own inventory […]

18 March 2019

Vlad Sutea

Ilushyin-20, Israeli Air Force, Latakia, russia, S-300, syria, Syrian Civil War

Arab Winter, MENA

New Tide in the Eastern Mediterranean: Radiography of Russia’s Permanent Military Build-up on the Syrian Coast

Strategic Analysis (20 min read) – The Syrian quagmire is nearing the end. The Assad regime is quasi-victorious with more than half of the national territory regained and over 75% of the Syrian population under its control. The Opposition forces are utterly degraded and boxed into a few isolated patches of land in the western […]

10 January 2018

Vlad Sutea

A2/AD, Cold War 2, isis, Latakia, Mediterranean Sea, Moscow, NATO, permanent presence in Syria, Rebels, russia, Russian air strikes, syria, Syrian Civil War, Tartus