[Tonytitan]

The S300 has a range of 150 kilometers, giving a battery inside Syria the ability to shoot down Israels Airforce inside Israel.

Distance from Tel Aviv to Damascus - 133 miles. Well within range of a Merkava tank battalion. Pretty hard to track airborne targets when Israeli tanks are smashing your radar antennas.

[American in Israel]

Distance from Syria to Golon. 0 Miles, range of tanks, 9 miles. Width of Israel from Syrian Border, 50 Miles. Range of missile Batteries 75 miles.

I guess its ok if your landing your planes 25 miles out to sea.