BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 A.M.) – A satellite image has recently been released on social media showing an active air defense base in Syria bearing latest-generation Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
The greyscale satellite picture (above) shows what appears to be a battery-sized detachment of either highly-modernized S-300 or newer S-400 model strategic anti-aircraft missiles.
The base has been geolocated to a highly-militarized area on the provincial borders of Tartus and Hama Governorates.
Whether the missile system operators belong to the Syrian Armed Forces or the Russian Armed Forces cannot officially be confirmed, however, some social media sources claim that the base was also used to launch Oniks cruise missiles from Bastion-P transporters late last year; this would indicate that the S-300/400s are a Russian asset.
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