So epic as to deserve it's own thread.
Recently a couple rockets landed in an empty field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from syrian territory.
Israel, of course, used it as an excuse to launch several dozen air raids on Syrian Military targets in direct support of ISIS, Al-Nusra and Al-qaeda all of whom are taking heavy beatings in the area.
Syria responded by authorizing the use of their more advanced Russian-supplied air defense systems (S-300 among them.)
As reported by syrian perspective.
SYRIA UPS THE ANTE AND SHOOTS DOWN ZIONIST F-16 BOMBER AND HELICOPTERS; SYRIA PULLS OUT ALL THE PLUGS!http://syrianperspective.com/2015/08/syria-ups-the-ante-and-shoots-down-zionist-f-16-bomber-and-helicopters-syria-pulls-out-all-the-plugs.htmlExcerpt:
Yesterday, Friday, August 21, 2015 in the early hours, Damascus time, a Zionist, American-manufactured F-16 fighter-bomber, flew into Syrian airspace brazenly and fired at Brigade 68 and, then, turned and flew back toward Brigade 90 in Qunaytra in order to insure a safe landing in occupied Palestine if the aircraft was struck. It was struck. An SA-9 from the Iftiraas Air Defense Base and an SA-2 near the Khalkhaala AB were fired. But, the technical wizardry was most on display when an S-300 (SA-10 “Grumble) super-air-defense missile was fired from the Republican Guard base near the Mazza AB at the foot of Qaasiyoon Mountain west of Damascus. This was done so that the F-16’s electronic countermeasures would first fix on the SA-2 and SA-9 while the S-300 plowed forward to exterminate the vermin inside the Zionist aircraft. The S-300 vaporized the Zionist bomber. No evidence was seen of the pilot ejecting. Instead, eyewitness accounts described a ball of fire over the Golan and the remains scattering into the air over the Huleh Valley in Palestine.
Also, the Zionists lost 2 helicopters while flying missions over the Golan Heights in an effort to bolster the sagging morale of the Takfiri rats of Nusra/Alqaeda and Al-Ittihaad Al-Islaami li-Ajnaad Al-Shaam. The 2 helicopters went down over the area near Qunaytra City and were reportedly shot down by shoulder fired, heat-seeking missiles deployed throughout the Syrian Army.
It is worth mentioning that the Zionist foray might be related to another miserable Jordanteezian effort to introduce more weapons and ammunition to the Eastern Ghoutaa and areas in Der’ah and Suwaydaa. It is speculated that the Zionists were flying cover for the Jordanian traitors so that the dwarf monarch in Amman could avoid the embarrassment of seeing all his bombers blown out of the sky.
I am trying to get more Intel on this event and its not that easy. The SAA is loath to announce such things out of a fear that events could spiral out of contral and lead to a wider conflict.
Syria has demonstrated that it will not allow its sovereignty to be violated by outside actors. Apparently, they have good air defense. Any Israeli or Turkish invasion will take heavy losses in both manpower and airpower. The Libyan scenario will not be repeated here.
