Downing of Turkish jet reveals Syria’s lethality

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5. SA-11 has a range of 3-28kms - Turkish jet apparently was well within Syrian territory when hit.

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Assuming this report correctly identifies the type of system, and that it was a land-based missile battery that brought down the TAF RF-4E.

The Mach 3 semi-active homing 9M28M1 missile has a maximum slant range of 28 km and a minimum range of 3 km

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-11.htm

The Syrian state news agency, SANA, reported that according to a Syrian military spokesman, an unidentified aerial object violated the country's airspace and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery. The aircraft crashed into Syrian territorial waters west of Om al-Tuyour village in Lattakia province, 10 kilometers from the beach.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/327217#ixzz1yjgYtRGQ

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18584872


NOTE 1: Latakia, the northernmost coastal city in Syria, is about 70kms south from the Turkish border. Om al-Tuyour is approx. midway.



Geography of Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Syria
Latakia along with Tartus are Syria's main ports on the Mediterranean sea. ...

NOTE 2: Syria claims a territorial limit of 35 nautical miles (64.8 km; 40.3 mi) off its ...

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/turkey-calls-for-nato-meeting-over-jet-downed-by-syria-235414



Other Syrian air defense missile systems: