[barmag25]

Testing Syrian and Russian radars.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I think it is a preplanned US-Israel missile defense test, that they were not going to forego, *especially* because of the situation in Syria. The largest radar in Israel is run by the U.S. DoD.

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2115955,00.html?xid=rss-world&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fworld+%28TIME%3A+Top+World+Stories%29

[Timber Rattler]

Testing Syrian and Russian radars.

That's exactly right. Those launches were done for a clear reason, and the Russians obliged by detecting and announcing them.