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To: sea_urchin who wrote (25827)10/2/2007 5:00:16 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 81108
 
Re: Russia's "latest military stuff" is worthless --just ask...

...the Syrians:

Oct 2, 2007 8:40 | Updated Oct 2, 2007
Report: Russia sent technicians to Syria
By JPOST.COM STAFF


Russia has sent technicians to upgrade Syria's air defense system, The Sunday Times reported Tuesday morning.

Reportedly, Moscow sent the team after Israel managed to foil Syria's air defenses using stealth technology to remain invisible during an alleged air strike on September 6.

Foreign reports that surfaced since the incident indicated that Israeli jets assisted by a unit of special operations ground troops bombed and totally destroyed a strategic site in eastern Syria built with North Korean help.

According to the Times' report, the Israeli Air Force used a sophisticated electronic warfare system operated by F-15I jets and a fleet of specialist electronic warfare aircraft over the Mediterranean during the attack on a suspected nuclear facility near Dayr az-Zawr. They transmitted signals that jammed the Russian-made radar and the Syrian army's communications.

Syria has been veering from condemnation to denial since the alleged attack, and in the past few days has stuck to strong denial of any nuclear activity and claimed that the IAF attack was aimed at a civilian agricultural research center.

The top-secret system used by Israel, the paper claimed, was being used for the first time. It is believed to have been designed in readiness for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear sites.

jpost.com
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