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Israel Air Force Counters Syrian and Hizbullah Anti-Aircraft Systems
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - Hizbullah successfully downed state-of-the-art Israel Air Force UAVs at a rate of one a month in the war's first six months. In addition, after Syrian anti-aircraft systems took down an Israeli F15 in the Galilee in the past decade, the Air Force has worked hard to counter these threats. There were many very close encounters with hundreds, sometimes only dozens, of meters separating these missiles from Israeli planes. Recently, in a matter of 25 hours, the IAF destroyed over 100 Syrian surface-to-air batteries, dependent on advanced Russian systems. "Syria's entire surface-to-air array was destroyed along with both its mobile and portable batteries," said an IDF source. "They're fast and deadly, with efficient ranges covering 20-40 km., and there are the SA-17 and SA-22 with further ranges." Hizbullah also had anti-aircraft systems using the same Russian and Iranian-made batteries. An anti-aircraft array of 100 large surface-to-air missiles included advanced detection radars reliant on Syria's anti-aircraft array. The Air Force rarely flew over Lebanon in recent years for fear of its manned aircraft being shot down by Hizbullah. Moreover, any Israeli aircraft flying over the northern third of Israeli sovereign airspace was in danger of being taken down by Hizbullah.