IDF attacks have permanently changed the face of Syrian military threat
The Israeli air force's more than 500 attacks on Syria's military assets in a 48-hour period this week since the fall of the Assad regime, have permanently and radically altered the threat that any future Syrian regime can pose to the State of Israel, the IDF said on Thursday.This means that in the worst-case scenario, if Syria's new rulers, the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), decide to be hostile to Israel, they will not be able to immediately threaten the Jewish state with anywhere near the kind of advanced and long-range weaponry which the Assad regime wielded.
Unveiling a slew of staggering statistics, the IDF noted that it destroyed over 90% of Syria's advanced anti-aircraft missiles, especially the SA22 and SA17 systems, which were sometimes shooting down portions of Israeli attacks on the smuggling of Iranian weapons through the area.
90% of advanced anti-aircraft missiles were destroyed, and SU-22 and SU-24 aircraft squadrons were destroyed. In total, about 85% of Syria's air defenses were destroyed, including less advanced systems.
IDF attacks have permanently changed the face of Syrian military threat
90% of advanced anti-aircraft missiles were destroyed, and SU-22 and SU-24 aircraft squadrons were destroyed.
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