“If there’s a way to defeat these, Israel will work it out.”
I don’t know if this is still the case, but before the war and after the Israelis blew up the nuclear reactor the Russians put in a first world anti-aircraft system capable of taking down low flying F-16’s. The control radars were off-shore in Russian warships. To take out the radars would require a direct attack on the Russian navy. The Israelis have not, to my knowledge, ventured far into Syrian space since then. The political cost of losing a pilot is too high. I suspect the Israelis will continue to finance ground operations and launch stand-off weapons.
Israel is the world leader in remotely piloted vehicles. I imagine if there is an attack it will be by Israeli RPV’s unless we get stupid and do it ourselves.
Thanks for the information and comments. Sounds reasonable to me...