S102B Sigint on Syrian coast.

[hammarö]

S102B Korpen on Syrian coast.

Swedish S-102B flying sigint flights from Larnaca, Syria in eastern med outside Syria from 1 maj.

The aircraft are following same path as US Sigint aircraft.

Map
https://twitter.com/ItaMilRadar/status/ ... 16/photo/1

This is not first time according source.
https://twitter.com/ItaMilRadar/status/ ... 6669551616

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/jP ... ara-syrien

Considered the quite unusual area of operations, one might wonder why the Swedish S102B is currently operating close to the Syrian theater, so far from home. We can just speculate here, but the most likely guess is that the aircraft is collecting ELINT off Syria to acquire new baseline data for assets that are deployed there and which may either be currently or imminently deployed in Kaliningrad. Possibly surface vessels too, which might add to the Baltic Electronic Order of Battle. “I think they are just acquiring ELINT that is unique to Syria and might have applications in the Baltic,” says a source from the U.S. Rivet Joint community who wishes to remain anonymous.
For sure, with all the Russian “hardware” deployed to Syria, often referred to as a “testbed” for Moscow’s new equipment, there is some much data to be collected that the region has already turned into a sort of “signals paradise” for the intelligence teams from all around the world.
Top image: Peter Bakema/Wiki and @ItaMilRadar

https://theaviationist.com/?p=54201

[FredL]

S102B Korpen on Syrian coast.

Swedish S-102B flying sigint flights from Larnaca, Syria in eastern med outside Syria from 1 maj.

The aircraft are following same path as US Sigint aircraft.

Indeed it is visible right now on Radarbox24 :
'003', call sign SVF647