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Can US Warplanes Evade Russian Air Defenses? We May Soon Find Out in Syria

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron before aerial refueling during a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission Feb. 12, 2017.
How scary are the S-300 and the S-400 really? Defense One reached out to two subject matter experts through the Association of Old Crows.

“The systems are very capable in their intended role,” they said and declined to comment further because of the high sensitivity of the topic since Thursday.

Russia has also sent a less advanced SA-22 anti-aircraft radar and missile system. There may be more to come. On Friday, Russia said it would bolster Syrian air defenses, but left unsaid just how.

U.S. military commanders told reporters at the Pentagon on Friday that the U.S. strikes didn’t even fully destroy the “known air defenses at this airfield.” But they did hit a Russian-made (but Syrian-operated) air defense system with a radar and missile battery.

“The Russians do have very advanced air defense capabilities in the country. We did not see any reaction from Russian air defense capabilities,” the commanders said.

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