On September 17, a Russian Ilyushin-20 reconnaissance plane was shot down off the coast of Latakia by a Syrian S-200 air defense system, killing all 15 crew members. Russia blamed the incident on Israel which was conducting an airstrike in the vicinity against targets associated with arms transfers to Lebanese Hezbollah and did not coordinate...
On September 15, Syrian military officials reported that several Israeli missiles were intercepted near the Damascus international airport. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that the strike targeted an arms depot near the airport which was previously struck by Israeli surface-to-surface missiles and is associated with Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah arms transfers. The SOHR...
On September 14, the U.S. State Department approved South Korea to purchase 64 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missiles; nine Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems; 42 AN/AAR-54 Missile Warning Sensors; and various support equipment. The $501 million price tag includes training and support services. The approval follows the June...
Russian personnel of the 76th Air Defense Division conducted practice intercepts against 30 missiles and other aerial threats designed to simulate a massed attack by enemy capabilities. The threats flew at altitudes ranging from 100 meters to several kilometers. Interceptors were fired from the Buk M-2, Tor, Pantsir-S, S-300, and S-400 systems. The Ministry of...
Between September 6 and September 12, at least three Houthi-launched missiles targeting Jizan and Najran were intercepted by Saudi air defense forces. Pro-Houthi media reported another 13 missile launches targeting Asir, Jizan, Najran, and a Coalition encampment in Yemen’s Ma’rib Province, but these could not be corroborated by Coalition or independent reports. There were no...
Between August 30 and September 5, at least 6 Houthi-launched missiles targeting Jizan and Najran were intercepted by Saudi air defense forces. Pro-Houthi media reported another eight missile launches targeting Jizan, Najran, and Yemen’s west coast, but these could not be corroborated by Coalition or independent reports. There were no confirmed reports of Houthi-launched missiles...
According the the import/export tracking website ImportGenius, the U.S. Army Contracting Command has received at least one Ukrainian-made 36D6M1-1 3D mobile air defense radar system. The shipment’s bill of landing records the export date as December 7, 2017. The system is designed to detect low-altitude aerial targets under active and passive jamming conditions and to...
On August 30, geospatial imaging and intelligence firm ImageSat International released aerial imagery of a suspected Iranian surface-to-surface missile (SSM) facility under construction outside Wadi Jahannam in northwestern Syria. Israeli media reports note that the facility bears resemblance to the Iranian Parchin missile factory which has been associated with Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs....
Between August 17 and August 29, a reported eight Houthi-launched missiles targeting Najran and Jizan provinces were intercepted by Saudi air defense forces. Another three unconfirmed missile launches occurred during the same period. There were no successful Houthi-launched missile strikes confirmed. It was also reported that Saudi Arabia installed several Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) launchers...
On August 17, the Ukrainian military test fired its indigenously developed Neptun cruise missile, striking a sea target from 100 km. Neptun, a long-range, subsonic antiship cruise missile, reportedly has ground-, sea-, and air-launched variants. The missile also has capability against land targets and bears visual similarity to the Russian Kh-35. The cruise missile was...
