Russia to send S-400 air defense system to Syria after jet shot down: agencies

Reuters ^ | Nov 25, 2015 | Maria Kiselyova

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World | Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:57am EST Related: WORLD

Russia to send S-400 air defense system to Syria after jet shot down: agencies

MOSCOW

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday Russia would send its advanced S-400 air defense system to its air base in Syria's Latakia province a day after Turkey shot down one of its jets, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying.

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Excerpts from RT(Russia Today):

Shortly afterwards, the MoD announced three steps to be taken following the attack on the Russian Su-24 bomber, including providing aerial cover by fighter jets for every airstrike, boosting air defense by deploying guided missile cruisers off the Latakia coast, and suspending all military-to-military contacts with Turkey.

The S-400 is Russia's most advanced anti-aircraft defense system. It is as an upgrade of the S-300 Growler family, designed and developed by Almaz Antei. The S-400 is employed to ensure air defense using long- and medium-range missiles that can hit aerial targets at ranges up to 400 kilometers. The S-400 is capable of hitting tactical and strategic aircraft as well as ballistic and cruise missiles. The system includes a set of radars, missile launchers and command posts, and is operated solely by the Russian military.

[tcrlaf]

One battery already there and operating, as of this morning.
They mounted it, and it’s radar system, on the Moskva.

Another is thought to be “enroute” to the airbase, where the radar for it was deployed at the beginning of Russian ops.

[1rudeboy]

Is that what RT is tweeting?

[ETL]

From 2012: Syria shoots down Turkish plane

"Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has threatened Syria with retaliation for shooting down a military jet, and warned that Turkish armed forces will respond to any Syrian encroachment on the border.

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance stands by Turkey but is not considering a military response."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/jun/26/syria-crisis-nato-meeting-live
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Graphic showing where the Turkish F-4 Phantom went down 

From 2012: Syria shoots down Turkish plane

"Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has threatened Syria with retaliation for shooting down a military jet, and warned that Turkish armed forces will respond to any Syrian encroachment on the border.

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance stands by Turkey but is not considering a military response."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/jun/26/syria-crisis-nato-meeting-live
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Graphic showing where the Turkish F-4 Phantom went down 

From 2012: Syria shoots down Turkish plane

"Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has threatened Syria with retaliation for shooting down a military jet, and warned that Turkish armed forces will respond to any Syrian encroachment on the border.

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance stands by Turkey but is not considering a military response."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/jun/26/syria-crisis-nato-meeting-live
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Graphic showing where the Turkish F-4 Phantom went down 

[mazda77]

“The S-400 is employed to ensure air defense using long- and medium-range missiles that can hit aerial targets at ranges up to 400 kilometers.”

Don’t loiter anywhere near the border is the message.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Turkey may face some trouble next time its planes are sent to bomb Kurd position inside Syria. Russia’s missile from S-400 could come up to greet them. It was Turkey vs Syria, but now escalated into Turkey vs Russia/Syria.

[ETL]

"Excerpts from RT (Russia Today):"

"RT [Russia Today] has been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government[10][11][12] and its foreign policy[10][11][13][14] by former Russian officials[15] and by news reporters,[16] including former RT reporters.[17][18][19]

It has also been accused of spreading disinformation.[20][21][22]

The United Kingdom media regulator Ofcom has threatened RT with sanctions because of repeated violations of its rules on impartiality.[23]

The network states that it offers a 'Russian perspective' on global events.[24]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29
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Nov 2015...

Vladimir Putin's media Svengali who was found dead in DC hotel was 'murdered for being an FBI informant'

• Millionaire Mikhail Lesin, 57, was found dead in $240-a-night in Washington DC last Friday [Nov 6, 2015] and police are investigating

• The pro-Putin 'propaganda channel' he set up, RT, claimed he 'had been suffering from a prolonged unidentified illness'

• But DC police have made no such finding

  "Nicknamed the 'Bulldozer', Lesin was one of the key props of the Putin presidency, personally masterminding a wide-ranging media crackdown which has left the vast majority of Russian TV stations and newspapers obedient to the Kremlin."

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3315994/Vladimir-Putin-s-media-mastermind-dead-DC-hotel-murdered-FBI-informant-alive-claim-Russians.html#ixzz3rOUopg7Q
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  List of journalists killed in Russia:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia#A_list_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia

[TigerLikesRooster]

I know. I figure that this excerpts on missile deployment has little propaganda content, other than possible bragging about S-400’s capability.

[NonValueAdded]

If they really want to get back at the Turks, they will send the system to Greece where Turkey seems to have no qualms about violating their airspace. Payback is a beech.

[McGruff]

“A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack” - Turkey’s Erdogan in 2012

http://sputniknews.com/military/20151125/1030698044/erdogan-airspace-violation-contradiction.html#ixzz3sXKS3OZN

Bu that was years ago.

[1rudeboy]

Well, it’s good to see the Russian spin on this. Say, was the Turkish F-4 attacking Syria?

[Gaffer]

The OP was from Reuters that blurbed about what Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said about the S-400. RT notwithstanding, because it has reported similarly recently doesn’t invalidate the Reuters article.

As for bragging about the S-400 capability, we don’t have a lot of information in the open on it, but here’s a good place to get some background:

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Grumble-Gargoyle.html

[SmokingJoe]

RT [Russia Today] has been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government[10][11][12] and its foreign policy[

Kinda like MSNBC, CNN, ABC , NBC, The New York Times etc are propaganda outlets for Obama?

[ETL]

Exactly.

[sunrise_sunset]

Erdogan’s son needs his ISIS slush fund. If it means war with NATO so be it.

[Patton@Bastogne]

The “Syrian-Soviet No Fly Zone” is thus established ...

[American in Israel]

Russian treaties to not put that system in the middle East be damned, Obama has destabilized the world!