According to Tehran Times on February 25, Iranian and Syrian military authorities have agreed to deploy missile systems to Damascus in order to strengthen the Arab nation’s air defenses in the face of an upsurge in Israeli airstrikes.
The IRIB News said in a report on February 23 that Iran and Syria had agreed to the transfer of equipment for electronic and air defenses. No further information on the terms and conditions of the agreement is available. The agreement was finalized during a recent trip to Iran by senior military figures from Syria, including Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud Abbas, the Defense Minister.
The supply of Iranian radars and defensive missiles, such as the Khordad 15 missile system, to bolster Syria’s air defenses is quite likely to occur.
The Khorad 15 system is equipped with a passive electronically scanned array radar and independent launch pads which work in conjunction to detect, intercept and destroy potential threats. The setup of the SAM system includes two military trucks: one with a rotating, rectangular launcher on the bed which contains four missile canisters in two rows of two canisters each but is capable of utilizing only one row of two canisters; another with a mounted rotating slab-shaped radar antenna can detect fighter planes and combat drones from 150 kilometers away.