The Russian anti-aircraft missiles SAM have been linked to quite a few incidents, from the downing of a plane with immigrants from Russia to the crash in Cyprus • All about the missile that exploded in the Dimona area
SA-5 missile in Libya
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The SA-5 SAM missile that exploded last night (Wednesday) near Dimona is an old anti-aircraft missile used by many armies around the world. It is not considered part of the arsenal of precision and sophisticated missiles of recent years. But the old SAM missiles made in Russia were involved in many famous events.
disaster airport in 2001:
on October 4, 2001 intercepted a rocket fired SA-5 Ukrainian military plane Russian Tu-154 (flight of S7 Airlines in 1812), which killed 78 people, mostly Israelis, the plane was hit over the black sea .
Action against Syrian air force jets:
March 2017 missiles were fired SA-5 at Israeli jets pounded a target in Syria. one of the missiles went toward Israel and intercepted by the arrow 2 missile on October 16, 2017 launched antiaircraft missile Syrian army SA-sample 5 Towards Israeli Air Force fighter jets hovering in Lebanese skies. The planes were not hit and returned by firing guided bombs that destroyed the anti-aircraft battery radar that attacked them.
Dropping of an Israeli F-16 aircraft:
In the air confrontation between Israel and Syria and Iran in February 2018, a Syrian S-200 battery, by firing more than 20 anti-aircraft missiles, managed to shoot down an Israeli Air Force F-16I aircraft over Israeli skies. left the plane, which crashed in Israeli territory, and fall seriously injured and easy.
abortion accidentally Russian plane:
on September 17, 2018 attack batteries S-200 Syrian quartet of F-16 Israel attacked targets in western Syria but hit and knocked down by accident aircraft Ilyushin 20 Russian use of the plane gathering intelligence.
not only Dimona:
June 30 2019 reportedly operated S-200 missiles Syria against Israeli bombers attacked targets of the Syrian army in Homs in Syria, but one rocket landed accidentally in Turkish Cyprus and caused panic there.
