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- Israel showed it can take out a key part of Iran's air defenses with a single missile.
- The S-300 damaged is the most advanced air defense system Iran has acquired from Russia.
- Iran must field better air defenses like Russia's S-400 to stand a chance against a barrage.
In the early hours of April 19, Israel sent a message to Iran with an air-launched ballistic missile that took out a critical part of its air defense network: a radar belonging to one of its advanced Russian S-300 missiles.