Greece Helped Israel Study Iranian Air Defense System

The Jerusalem Post ^ | July 14, 2008 | JPost.com Staff

[edpc]

Greece assisted the Israeli Air Force last month in more than just allowing the use of its airspace, The Cutting Edge news Website reported Monday.

Slideshow: Pictures of the week The Mediterranean country owns the same Russian radar, S-300, that Iran is soon to receive - or has already began receiving - from Moscow. Israel sees the S-300, which can simultaneously track hundreds of semi-stealth cruise missiles, long range missiles and aircraft, including airborne monitoring jets, as a significant threat to its entire airforce in the event of an attack on the Islamic Republic.

A massive air drill reportedly carried out by Israel in the first days of June over Greek airspace was publicized by The New York Times and generated powerful ripples, including warnings from Iran. But veteran investigative reporter Edwin Black writes in the Edge that a crucial aspect of the drill went unreported - Israel's trial run at defeating, jamming and circumventing the Russian system.

The Jerusalem Post could not confirm the report.

After Iran complained to Greece about the Israeli air maneuvers, officials in Athens said their Russian-made radar-missile batteries were "turned off" during the exercise. The Iranians, according to Black, were not convinced that Greece would really compromise its air defenses during such a crucial exercise.

[edpc]

The plot thickens, if true. Israel found a way to circumvent the Syrian air defense system last year and wasted no time exploiting the advantage.

[JRandomFreeper]

Soviet crows are not as good as our old crows.

/johnny

[wolfcreek]

“S-300, which can simultaneously track hundreds of semi-stealth cruise missiles, long range missiles and aircraft”

And make the radar operator crap his pants.

[JimRed]

The first sign a conventional attack us underway is when the jamming starts. Israel should start jamming four or five times a week to fatigue the defensive crews.

Of course, it would be better if the first sign of an attack was when things started exploding...

[Bringbackthedraft]

S-300, which can simultaneously track hundreds of semi-stealth cruise missiles, long range missiles and aircraft .......................... Not a problem, if there is a way to beat it, the Joooz will figure it out. They’ll be in and out of there long before the Iranian radar operators can report the incursion. You can almost bet on it.

[musicman]

I am STILL laughing as I type this!!! Good one!!

[AppyPappy]

How many planes and missiles have been brought down by this celebrated weapons system?

[theBuckwheat]

If the S-300 can “simultaneously track hundreds of semi-stealth cruise missiles, long range missiles and aircraft”, then I’m sure the approaching Jooos will make the necessary technical arrangements to make it thinks that is exactly what is happening. A ‘decoy-rich’ environment at the press of a button.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’m betting this is for Iran’s benefit. The IDF knows Sun Tsu better than anyone.

[LonePalm]

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[Tommyjo]

To date, the S-300 system has not been used in any conflict.

[ncfool]

Am Israel Chai!

[Perdogg]

Article in full

Greece has quietly assisted the Israeli Air Force in a previously unreported fashion as the dreaded decision of a possible Israeli preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities draws closer, this reporter has learned.

A pivotal factor in Israel’s military strategy against Iran’s nuclear installations is the recent delivery to Iran of Russia’s potent S-300 Russian ground-to-air radar systems. Considered one of the world’s most versatile radar-missile systems, Russia’s S-300 batteries can simultaneous track hundreds of semi-stealth cruise missiles, long range missiles and aircraft, including airborne monitoring jets. As many as ten intruders can be simultaneously engaged by the S-300’s mobile interceptor missile batteries, military sources say. As such, the S-300 is a major threat to the long-range weapons in the Israeli arsenal. These include Israel’s long-range 1,500 km. nuclear-capable Jericho IIB missiles; unmanned missile-equipped long-range drones; Israel’s F-16s, F-15Es; long range heavy-payload F151s and F161s; and even its three new Gulfstream G550 business jets boasting a range of 6,750 nautical miles, newly outfitted with nuclear-tracking electronics and designed to loiter over or near Iranian skies for hours. The S-300 can compromise everything Israel has.

But Greece has the same Russian S-300 system.

Originally purchased by Cyprus in 1998, the Cypriot installation provoked a storm of protracted protests by Turkey because the system would make vulnerable all Turkish air movements. To resolve tensions and prevent a Turkish preemptive attack on the installations, the S-300 by international agreement was moved to Crete for safekeeping, and eventually joint-Cypriot-Greek control based on the 1993 mutual defense pact between Cyprus and Greece. On December 20, 2007, the move and installation of the S-300 was quietly completed

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[xkaydet65]

Of course, it would be better if the first sign of an attack was when things started exploding...

I am convinced that is what happened at the Syrian site, and that the Syrians and North Koreans had an uninvited visitor from Missouri.The second wave of uninvited guests arrived after the first had departed.

[edpc]

Much appreciated.....thanks.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Those boys from the Show Me can do the darnest things...

[ASA Vet]

They’ll be in and out of there long before the Iranian radar operators can report the incursion

Ok, but will they be able to repeat the incursion several days in a row?

[ryan71]

Jamming is nice but it's better to throw a couple of HARMs at it.

No more radar.

[Oldpuppymax]

So who in Iran is going to man this super duper radar system?? I doubt the Russian army is going to be in Tehran sitting at the controls. Besides, kneeling down and bending over towards Mecca 5 times a day will cause you to miss one hell of a lot of blips!

[ryan71]

“had an uninvited visitor from Missouri”

I’ve always thought that, too.