- The IDF released new footage on Monday showing an apparent strike on an Iranian S-300PMU long-range air defense system.
- Iran received Russian-made S-300PMU systems under a 2007 contract, with deliveries completed by the mid-2010s.
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday released new footage showing recent airstrikes on targets inside Iran, including what appears to be a strike on an Iranian S-300PMU long-range air defense system, one of the most advanced Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile systems in Tehran’s inventory.
The newly published footage comes as Israel continues to showcase the results of its ongoing air campaign against Iranian military infrastructure. While the IDF did not disclose the precise location of the strike in the footage released on 7th April, the video appears to show precision-guided munitions hitting a fixed air defense position identified by defense observers as an S-300PMU battery that was defending the capital area.
Iran received the Russian-made S-300PMU systems under a contract first signed in 2007, with deliveries completed by the middle of the 2010s. The system was supplied by Russia as part of Tehran’s effort to strengthen layered air defenses around key strategic sites, including military and nuclear-related facilities.
The S-300 family is designed to engage aircraft, cruise missiles, and certain ballistic missile threats at medium and long ranges. In the Iranian configuration, the system is generally assessed to be capable of intercepting aerial targets at distances of up to 125-150 kilometers, depending on missile loadout and engagement profile.
The S-300PMU serves as a long-range shield intended to detect and engage incoming aircraft well before they reach protected targets. A typical battery includes search radar, engagement radar, command vehicles, and multiple missile launchers mounted on heavy transporters.
Israeli officials have repeatedly pointed to the degradation of Iran’s air defenses as a major factor in recent operations. Earlier strikes carried out in June 2025 had already severely weakened Iran’s long-range surface-to-air missile network, according to regional reporting and open-source assessments. A large portion of the S-300 inventory was reportedly destroyed during those operations through a combination of sabotage activity and airstrikes.
Those earlier losses appear to have limited Iran’s ability to use its air defense network as a meaningful obstacle during subsequent strikes.
The S-300PMU systems were among the highest-end air defense assets available to Iran outside domestically produced systems such as Bavar-373. Their loss increases the vulnerability of fixed strategic sites, command nodes, and missile infrastructure to follow-on airstrikes.