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Israeli F-16 fighter jet shot down amid Syrian anti-air fire, pilots safe - IDF

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Looks like Israel does want escalation to find an excuse to annex more area vis a vis Golan Heights and Syria.
 
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Syrian Anti-Air Forces Shoot Down Israeli Combat Jet

An attempt to conduct yet another airstrike against targets in Syria ended badly for the Israeli military, as several of its warplanes were reportedly shot down by local air defense units.

Syrian anti-aircraft defense units managed to hit a number of Israeli aircraft that were conducting an air raid against a military installation in Syria, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports.

Earlier, the IDF's press service claimed that its military aircraft had intercepted an Iranian UAV that allegedly entered Israeli airspace, and carried out a strike against “Iranian targets” on Syrian soil in retaliation. One of the warplanes which took part in this air raid ended up crashing in Israel’s north; its loss was confirmed by the IDF.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/...&utm_content=gFV3&utm_campaign=URL_shortening
 
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Damn, when was the last time S-200 shot down a plane? Must have been in the 70's.
 
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What is the range of S-200? The F-16 was intercepted over Golan the distance is further from South Damascus. can any one update on the range of S-200?

It is about 200-250km range area defense. It can be more depending on if it is an upgraded version. But it needs to be paired with BUK to protect its systems.
 
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There is one hadis(I'm not certain about its isnad) says that muslims will be east of river jordan and jews et al will on the west of river jordan and there will be a big fight. But God knows best.
 
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