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The Russian Defense Ministry has started strengthening EW capabilities of its military group in Syria deploying additional EW systems, Izvestia newspaper reported on September 25 citing military sources. However, the newspapaer did not point out what kind of the systems is being deployed.
The Russian media speculates that these systems are Krasukha-4 multifunctional jamming stations and R-330ZH Zhitel jamming cellular satellite communication stations.
On September 24, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia will supply Syria with a S-300 air defense system, equip Syrian Air Defense Forces HQs with automated process-control systems and suppress communications, radars and satellite navigation of combat aviation involved in any attacks on Syria from the eastern Mediterranean.
