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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Newly-supplied Russian Pantsyr-1 anti-air missile used to down Turkish warplane
To ambush the Turkish Air Force F-4 Super Phantom Friday, June 22, over Latakia Syria used Russian-made self-propelled medium range anti-air Pantsyr-1 missiles recently supplied by Moscow (not as first reported anti-air Buk-M2 missiles).
This weapon can down aircraft flying at altitudes up to 12 kilometers and cruise missiles.
The unit responsible for the ambush was the 73rd brigade of the Syrian army’s 26th Air Defense Division.
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