{"id":14008,"date":"2018-10-05T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=14008"},"modified":"2018-10-05T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:05:42","slug":"russia-deploys-583th-anti-aircraft-missile-regiments-s-300-systems-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-deploys-583th-anti-aircraft-missile-regiments-s-300-systems-to-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Deploys 583th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment\u2019s S-300 Systems To Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of September \u2013 early October, volunteers of the international intelligence community InformNapalm used Flightradar24 service to observe at least 4 flights of heavy An-124 transport aircraft from the 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (military unit 41495) of the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division of the 61st Air Army of the Russian Air Force. An-124 aircraft with tail numbers RF-82035<\/a> , RF-82010<\/a> and RF-82032<\/a> flew from the permanent deployment location of the 566th MTAR at Sescha military airbase in Bryansk Oblast to Olenya airbase of the Russian Navy on the Kola Peninsula 92 km south of Murmansk then to Mozdok airbase and finally to Latakia airport where Khmeimim Air Base is located.<\/p>\n

On October 2, during an operational meeting with the members of the Russian Security Council, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin that 49 pieces of equipment were shipped to Syria as a part of S-300 deliveries: acquisition and engagement radars, command posts, and four launchers.<\/p>\n

The source of the S-300 for Syria<\/h2>\n

InformNapalm volunteers had an obvious question: why did the An-124s did a detour to Murmansk Oblast? The answer was simple: in Olenegorsk, only 5 km from Olenya airbase is the base of the 583rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (military unit 36226), which is equipped with two types of S-300. With a high degree of probability, we can assume that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to give Syria the systems belonging to this military unit.<\/p>\n

There is little doubt that along with these S-300s Russia sent to Syria experienced specialists of the 583rd Regiment who will be the ones actually performing combat duty instead of their Syrian colleagues.<\/p>\n

In the VK social network album of one of Russian servicemen who served in military unit 36226, we found an archive photo with S-300PS launchers.<\/p>\n

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The arrival of an S-300 in Syria on board an An-124 was also captured on video.<\/p>\n