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Old 1st Jul 2019, 10:46
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Originally Posted by Bob Viking
There aren’t many ‘air defense’ systems that can accidentally stray over 100 miles.

If it is, in fact, an air defense missile then the distance kind of narrows its’ type down a little.

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Part of a S-200 (SA=5) from the looks of it. Syria have been lobbing them about into other countries for the last few years, normally in an attempt to shoot down something Israeli.
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