I wonder if the Syrians forgot to turn it on.
“I wonder if the Syrians forgot to turn it on.”
How about this tinfoil hat theory. The Syrians purposely didn’t turn it on. What did the Israelis destroy? My theory is that Saddams WMD went bye bye and the Russians, Americans and Germans set it up.
If it was nuclear material, some elint or other intel would have picked it up. No, this was negotiated and Iran got the shaft because they wanted to take it and give it to the hezzies. The Syrians were the guardians of the material and it was not acceptable that Iran get their mitts on it.
Solves several problems.
1. Iran is pissing because the radar doesn’t work.
2. Syria finally gets the WMD monkey off its back.
3. Israel gained some good intel and flexed their muscle.
4. Russia hides their radar capabilities from the Americans.
5. The US gets rid of some crap that got them into trouble in the first place.
6. The Germans see for themselves what really happened with Saddam.