Russian S-400 air defence missiles in Syria

Russia is deploying advanced, long-range S-400 air defence missiles at its airbase in Syria after Turkey shot down one of its fighter jets

S-400 missiles at

Khmeimim airbase

Ankara

TURKEY

Incirlik

Raqqa

CYPRUS

400km

SYRIA

RAF Akrotiri

Damascus

LEBANON

IRAQ

ISRAEL

Al Azraq

SAUDI ARABIA

JORDAN

EGYPT

S-400 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM

NATO codename SA-21 Growler

Fire control

radar

Mobile command post

Launcher: Equipped with four missile canisters.

Up to eight launchers in S-400 battery

Each canister holds four short-range missiles or one

longer range missile

S-400 MISSILES

Can target aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles

9M96E2:

Max. range 120km

48N6:

250km

40N6

400km

Maximum intercept altitude

56km

Maximum target speed

4.8km/sec (Mach 14)

Sources: Global Security, wire agencies