On 1st October, following the tragic loss of a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 last 24 September over the Mediterranean, Russia supplied Syria with three battalion sets of S-300PM air defense systems and twenty-four missile launchers in total, eight launchers for each system, as well as more than 100 surface-to-air guided missiles for each battalion, as reported by BulgarianMilitary.com.
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S-300PM air defense systems donated by Russia to Syria on 1 October 2018 (Picture source: Twitter)
S-300PM air defense systems donated by Russia to Syria on 1 October 2018 (Picture source: Twitter)
