Well that’s some interesting information but why didn’t the Israelis just fly directly through the unprotected desert then.
Off topic but I wonder where Assad’s summer home is. These seem to be able to buzz that when they want to.
They expolited the weak point in the Syrian defenses. The northern area has always been weak. The Israeli’s have been using Turkish bombing ranges for years now. They did a similar trick with Egypt years ago by conducting large scale training strike packages out over the Med. One day those ‘training packages’ turned and the Egyptians were caught on the hop.
A very small strike package simply turned and weaved its way through the peninsula that juts down into Syria. They skirt the Turkish border and make their way to a completely undefended target. They egress the same way and back out into the Med. The path of least resistance and a major headache for the Syrians. The Syrians took the gamble in not deploying air defenses around the facility and lost.
Assad’s summer residence is at Latakia on the Med coast. Very easy pickings for the Israeli’s to buzz it!