https://wtop.com/national/2018/04/the-latest-trump-to-address-nation-on-syria/Russia’s Defense Ministry says none of the missiles launched in a Western attack on Syria entered the zones guarded by Russia’s missile defense.
Russia has two military facilities in Syria — an air base at Hemeimeem and a naval base at Tartus.
“Not one of the cruise missiles launched by the United States and its partners entered the zone of responsibility for Russian air-defense divisions,” a ministry statement said Saturday.
Russia says Syria shot down a significant number of the missiles launched in a Western airstrike, using Soviet-designed air-defense systems.
The Defense Ministry said Saturday that more than 100 cruise and air-to-ground missiles were launched. It did not say how many of the missiles were intercepted by Syrian forces.
However, it noted that the missiles were taken down by decades-old systems, including Neva surface-to-air missiles that were designed in the 1950s. Specifying the age of the systems appeared to be a slap at President Donald Trump who had boasted on Twitter that missiles used against Syria would be “nice, new and smart.”
