February 27, 201115 yr From RIA Novosti Russia confirms plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles (Update 1) Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday Russia has not dropped its plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles. "The contract [on supplies] is in progress," Serdyukov told journalists in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East. [excerpt]
March 1, 201115 yr Author This might be useful for my RP as well: Is PAK-FA likely to go to Syria? I doubt it, or at least not for a very, very long time. Their best is still a bunch of elderly MiG-29s, with the continued rumors of a MiG-31 buy having never panned out. Their air defense missile systems (SA-2, -3, -5 and -6) are also pretty antiquated, despite the handful of SA-22 that they received (and which failed to do them much good in holding off the Israelis).
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