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Sarab Active Protection System
The Sarab Active Protection System (Mirage) is an active protection system, developed by the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (CERS) and designed to help the Syrian Army’s T-54/T-55, T-55, T-62, T-72 and T-72 Adra tanks counter line of sight anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs). Design Syrian intelligence acquired 18 BGM-71 TOW, Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles from the Free Syrian Army; these missiles were used by the CERS to develop a countermeasure. The resulting soft-kill system incorporated powerful infrared (IR) Infrared countermeasure, jamming lights which were 80% effective against ATGMs. This has significantly reduced Syrian tank losses during the Syrian civil war. Sarab can effectively jam Semi-automatic command to line of sight, SACLOS missiles such as the BGM-71 TOW, TOW (also TOW 2), HOT (missile), HOT, MILAN, M47 Dragon, Dragon, 9K115-2 Metis-M, 9M113 Konkurs and 9M14 Malyutka, Malyutka and laser guided weapons such as the M712 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, the east and southeast, Jordan to Jordan–Syria border, the south, and Israel and Lebanon to Lebanon–Syria border, the southwest. It is a republic under Syrian transitional government, a transitional government and comprises Governorates of Syria, 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 25 million across an area of , it is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 57th-most populous and List of countries and dependencies by area, 87th-largest country. The name "Syria" historically referred to a Syria (region), wider region. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization. Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |