http://vg-news.ru/n/117388 , 3 October 2015 at 10:12:
“… An American military expert, a former Colonel of the U.S. army Jack Jacobs said that the United States can’t stop Russians in Syria, because Russia has de facto established a closed zone over it, blocking the access to any aircraft with the help of its air defense systems, deployed both on land and on ships of the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean.
On Friday, 2 October, Saudi news published an interview with former U.S. Colonel Jack Jacobs, who announced that the United States can’t stop the Russians in Syria, as Russia has established a “closed zone” over it. This means that any military aircraft entering the zone of hostilities, can be immediately shot down as a threat to the Russian Air and space forces.
American sources claim that the Russian Federation with the assistance of deployed land-based air defense systems has established a closed zone over the entire airspace of Syria, while in addition, the approaches to the Russian airbase in Latakia are also closed from the sea to a distance of 100-250 km from the coast to the fleet of the Russian Federation, which is now conducting exercises in the Mediterranean sea.
Thus, the U.S. and its allies can’t even carry out a reconnaissance of the forces of Russian Federation.
A source in the military circles of the American contingent in Turkey reported that aircraft of the NATO, trying to get close to the forces of the Russian Federation, were illuminated by radar, while the source of illumination could not even be identified.
“The Russians have made it understood, that they can see everything, and not to get anywhere closer, or be shot down”, – noted the American military.
“Frankly speaking, we were surprised by the air defense system of Russia. We can’t even assume which systems are deployed there. We are encountering them for the first time, most likely there are the latest complexes S-400. I have no more clues” – said Colonel Jack Jacobs.
Bloomberg also writes [ http://www.bloombergview.com/a… ] about the creation of the Russian no-fly zone over Syria, citing senior American military. So, the commander of the NATO forces in Europe General Philip Breedlove stated that the new military infrastructure of Russia in Syria, including the air defense systems, de facto creates a no-fly zone.
According to Breedlove, Russia has created over Syria a “sphere of denial”, which American planes can’t enter.
General Breedlove believes that the “very complex air defense systems” deployed by Russia in Syria are not aimed against the “Islamic state”, which does not have aviation. “They are against someone else”, said the commander of the NATO forces in Europe.
“In the U.S. there were several years of discussions about plans to create Syria no-fly zones to protect the rebels and civilians. Two parties have long argued and could not agree on what should be a no-fly zone. Then appeared Vladimir Putin and in a few days just went ahead and did it”, – sarcastically commented the author of the Bloomberg article.
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