Posted: 5/28/2013 1:40:12 PM EDT
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Should Russia go through with the deal to sell Syria the S-300 missile system how long would it take them to install and train the Syrians to operate it?
I'm guessing two to three years, sound about right? |
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Should Russia go through with the deal to sell Syria the S-300 missile system how long would it take them to install and train the Syrians to operate it? I'm guessing two to three years, sound about right? The Russian could man them. They have done stuff like this before. (cough) Vietnam (cough). |
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According to Israeli press reports, the Syrians have already gone to Russia to train on the S-300. It really depends how serious Putin is about it. It could be done in a matter of hours if he really wanted it to happen. Same could be Said for what the Israelis could do to said systems in a matter of hours. 
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| Syria has long had Soviet-made SA-6 and SA-11 systems. The S-300 / SA-10 system should be close enough that they can be operated by the Syrians fairly easily. Maintenance on the S-300 might be a whole different ball of wax, but given Soviet design philosophy the existing Syrian techs could probably figure out what to do fairly quickly. |
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It's a waste of $ and resources when the opponent has no air. They're long gaming it against direct intervention by KSA and Turkey and fact is,if it comes to that they're done. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This. They need to be buying more vehicles and night vision. |
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The SA-10 is a pretty deadly system am I right? Wonder what kind of countermeasures the Israeli's are cooking up if any. As I said,Israel took their 15s and 16s and even Apaches to Greece to train against theirs. The Israelis probably have a good idea how to handle them. These are meant to dissuade the Turks and Gulf Arabs IMO. Something that might end up happening is Russia effectively arming the Hezb as they become the Syrian army. This is a fight for their survival too and Nasrallah knows it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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It's a waste of $ and resources when the opponent has no air. They're long gaming it against direct intervention by KSA and Turkey and fact is,if it comes to that they're done. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Or NATO I don't think Assad/Iran/Russia is worried about NATO. Europe needs Russia's gas. |
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I don't think Assad/Iran/Russia is worried about NATO. Europe needs Russia's gas. Russia has proven in the past that they're willing to use oil exports to Europe as a lever to move positions there, so yeah I doubt NATO is something they're worried about. Hell Syrian arty hit Turkey, they shot down a Turkish jet and no one seriously considered going to NATO and asking for invocation of the Someone Wants a Limp Clause. Now having said that "NATO" could wind up involved directly except it won't be NATO itself but more like the US with possibly the French and the Brits. But I don't think that's very likely just yet no matter how much squawking McCain wants to do about no fly zones and interdiction missions. |
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S-300 missile launch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm-px9nbnVs |
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Isreal won't allow the system to be operational.
Too close to the borders, Syria is too woven in with anti Israeli groups and too unstable. Its not unthinkable for one of the systems to 'accidentally' fall in the hands of a radical Islamic group and shoot at Israeli commercial airliners. |
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I would think the Syrians would want to fast-track whatever systems they get, which hopefully they don't get any. I also don't think the Israelis would tolerate that very well either. I wouldn't be so sure. Some of the analyses I've read say that the Israelis are perfectly content to see Syria remain just strong enough to resist imposition of a No-Fly Zone so Hezbollah can be ground down in a drawn out war. |
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Isreal won't allow the system to be operational. Too close to the borders, Syria is too woven in with anti Israeli groups and too unstable. But the war in Syria is slowly but surely grinding down Israel's greatest immediate adversary, Hezbollah. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the Mossad is propping up Assad. |