Originally posted by WestPoint23
Israel showed what a skillful and resource rich military can do to such systems when it raided Syria unchallenged and destroyed its would be
reactor.
Some sources indicate that many Syrian SAM sites were not operational, and those defenses that were operational were not spread out effectively,
thereby allowing Israel to simply fly out of range of Syrian SAMs.
Fact is, no one really knows what the state of Syrian defenses were at the time. Thus you cannot make a conclusion about the effectiveness of the
Russian SAM systems. And Israel still appears very concerned about the fact that Syria and Iran are looking to acquire S-400. Why the level of
concern if the systems pose no threat to Israeli airforce incursions?
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Things have progressed, claimed specifications make for nice selling points. However if its networks, even closed ones, are vulnerable to standoff
infiltration then it's just another target on the ground.
That is all true. This is the reason why Russian air defense never relies on just one system, but several different SAM systems, each providing a
different level of protection from different threats. Syrian, Iranian, and Turkish air defenses will never be as developed as those Russia has
domestically.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Furthermore, Russia is not going to sell Turkey an S-400 unit, the profit to risk ratio of such a sale is out of whack.
Well if depends on what political concessions it can get from Turkey. Turkey has a lot to offer to Russia in this sense, and I don't see why such
sale is not possible. Perhaps the S-400 will be dumbed down somewhat for export.
