Russian S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile System

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RUSSIA BEATS U.S. TO PUNCH ON SYRIA 'NO-FLY-ZONE'

S-300 surface-to-air missile system enables Moscow to control air space

Russia has beaten the United States to a key strategy in Syria with its new ability to create a no-fly zone, delivered by a new S-300 surface-to-air missile system, according to military analysts.

Word of the development comes in a report from Reuters, which cited its own analysis of “publicly available tracking data.”

That shows that Russia has been building up forces in Syria since last month when a ceasefire plan collapsed.

Among the benefits of the “increased manpower” likely are specialists to run the S-300 system, which will grant the country better “ability to control air space in Syrian where Moscow’s forces support the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and could be aimed at deterring tougher U.S. action.”

“The S-300 basically gives Russia the ability to declare a no-fly zone over Syria,” Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, told Reuters.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/russia-beats-u-s-to-punch-on-syria-no-fly-zone/#PJiAyVS5l3PFUiDC.99

My comments: Does the U.S. even have a Military under Obama?