The
joint delegation of the United States and Israel secretly visited
Ukraine, where they got acquainted with several samples of the most
important weapons, including missiles of the S-300 air defense systems. This is stated in the publication of the Vietnamese portal Soha News.
According
to the publication, Ukrainian specialists told the delegation members
about the tactical and technical characteristics of the S-300 countries
at their disposal and offered to send American and Israeli fighters to
Ukraine, who would appreciate the capabilities of the system during the
exercise.
In
response to the threat of Russian air defense in Syria, the United
States sent 18 fourth-generation F-15C Eagle fighters to participate in
exercises in Ukraine, and Israel - several pilots who, using American
aircraft, were able to test the C-300.
Separately,
the publication mentions the delivery by Ukraine to the USA of a mobile
radar station 36D6M1-1, the technologies of which were used in the
S-300, as well as the confidence of Ukrainian specialists that the
characteristics of the anti-aircraft missile systems available in
Ukraine do not fundamentally differ from the parameters of the C-systems
received by Syria from Russia -300PMU2.
Soha
News concludes that an analysis of the capabilities of the S-300, due
to its interaction with the Ukrainian side, convinced the Israeli
military leadership of the invulnerability and advantage of the
unobtrusive fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters in a collision
with Syrian S-300s.
The portal emphasizes that Moscow is unhappy with such actions of Kiev, which weaken the military capabilities of Damascus. On
the other hand, the initiatives of Ukraine aimed at any opposition to
Russia are not difficult to understand, since at present the first
country considers the second one to be its main enemy.
American fighters F-15C Eagle first arrived on the territory of Ukraine on October 6. In
Kiev and Washington, they say that the planes are involved in the
international exercises Clear Sky 2018. The event is attended by nine
countries, eight of which, apart from Ukraine, are members of NATO.
In
the same month, Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation, Tsakhi
Hanegbi, noted that the S-300 capabilities have long been taken into
account by Israel in strategic planning.
At the same time, Russia sent four S-300 launchers to Syria. The
delivery decision was made after an incident that occurred in
September, when a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft hit a missile of
the Syrian C-200 missile that was tracking the Israeli F-16 Fighting
Falcon fighter. Russia believes that the S-300 will strengthen the Syrian defense.
Three-coordinate
radar station centimeter range 36D6M1-1 is designed to detect,
recognize and track air targets at medium and low altitudes in
conditions of intensive use of active and passive interference by the
enemy. The manufacturer of the radar 36D6M1-1 is the Ukrainian research and production complex Iskra. The latest modernization of the station, sent in December 2017 to the USA, makes it possible to detect small targets. The
delivery was opposed by the “Innovative Technologies Company”, which,
according to the Ukrainian side, represents Russian interests.
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