"Both Syrian and Russian anti-air defenses are stationed in this northwest coastal province, but it doesn't appear they were activated."
This is a bigger deal than it seems. Syria has the S-400, which is supposedly able to defeat F-35 stealth.
Russia has to be shitting themselves over this -- either they observed and did nothing or they observed and saw nothing. The other alternative is the system was offline because it's a piece of shit.
None of which look good -- IMO this is open season on Russian air defense, because the S-400 is a paper tiger.
> "Both Syrian and Russian anti-air defenses are stationed in this northwest coastal province, but it doesn't appear they were activated."
This is a bigger deal than it seems. Syria has the S-400, which is supposedly able to defeat F-35 stealth.
Russia has to be shitting themselves over this -- either they observed and did nothing or they observed and saw nothing. The other alternative is the system was offline because it's a piece of shit.
None of which look good -- IMO this is open season on Russian air defense, because the S-400 is a paper tiger.
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