The recent U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria are raising concern among Israelis that Russia could move to arm Damascus with a state-of-the-art missile defense system, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
The concerns from Israel came as Russia’s first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Rudskoi, said Moscow would “reconsider” whether to deliver the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria.
If such a delivery occurs, Israel would immediately attempt to take the missile defense systems out, Israeli analysts and former defense officials told Bloomberg.
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{Matzav.com}
