A Russian military expert underlined that the US missiles which didn’t operate during the recent strikes against Syria have likely been disabled by the Syrian air defense system.
The Arabic service of RT news channel quoted Mikhail Timoshenko as saying on Saturday that the two missing cruise missiles which were fired at Syria on April 14 have likely been disabled by the Syrian jamming system.
He added that the missiles didn’t act likely due to a malfunction of their electronic processing system.
Timoshenko explained that Tomahawk missiles are usually equipped with automatic explosive systems in their warheads which act in case the engine stops working, saying that hence, some of their vital equipment should have been disabled as their automatic systems have also failed to operate.
US, British and French forces launched over 100 missiles on Syria on April 14, and Russia says Damascus has managed to dodge 71.
In a televised address to the nation, US President Donald Trump said the three nations partnered in the missile launch.
The strikes were the biggest overt attack by the three Western powers against Syria in the country’s seven-year-old civil war, which has pitted the US and its allies against Russia.
Other NATO members refrained from partnership in the attack, although NATO secretary general voiced his support for the move.
Israel was also absent from the strike, fearing Iran’s response. After a recent missile strike on Syria’s T4 base that killed 12, including 7 Iranian military advisors, Tel Aviv has been on guard in anticipation of Iran’s tough reprisal.
The missile strikes took place as a team of OPCW was in Damascus to probe the alleged chemical incident in Douma, but the trio western allies didn’t wait for the result of their work for somehow unknown reasons.