NYT: Israel strikes Russian S-300 system in Iran

During an attack on Iranian territory on April 19, Israel struck a Russian S-300 air defense missile system. This was reported by The New York Times, citing unnamed Western and Iranian officials, UNN reports.

Details

Three Western and two Iranian officials confirmed that Israel deployed drones and fired at least one missile on April 19.

In addition, two Western officials said that the missile was fired from a military aircraft far from Israeli or Iranian airspace, and that the weapon included technology that allowed it to avoid Iranian radar defenses.

Two Iranian officials said that the military did not detect anything entering the country's airspace on April 19, including drones, missiles or aircraft.

Context

In 2007, Iran ordered five S-300 divisions from Russia, which  were delivered in 2015-16 in the most advanced S-300 PMU2 modification at that time. Currently, Iran has 32 S-300 launchers, which is equivalent to four divisions.

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