Russia Informed Erdogan of the Impending Coup

The Russian Krasukha-4 electronic countermeasure system deployed in Syria alerted President Erdogan of the attempted coup

Russia’s surveillance and eavesdropping equipment, Krasukha-4 deployed near Latakia in Syria hacked into Turkey’s NATO-compatible radio-electronics mounted on helicopters, aircraft and ground vehicles to learn of the impending coup attempt against Turkish president Erdogan.

According to DefenseWord.net, Russia has deployed the Krasukha-4 electronic countermeasure system capable of targeting airborne radio-electronics and airborne systems guided by radar at Khmeimim in Syria's Northern Province of Latakia to counter NATO spying and to gather sensitive information for the Russian squadrons that are on an anti-terrorism mission in Syria.

The Russian army had intercepted sensitive exchanges and encoded radio messages of the Turkish army from which it learnt of the coup attempt against the President in Ankara. The Russian intelligence agency had passed on the information to Turkey's National Intelligence Organization on Friday, the day of the failed coup.

The Krasukha-4 broadband multi-functional jamming station is mounted on four-axle chassis. It counters AWACS and other airborne radar systems. It has a range for effectively disrupting low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and can also cause permanent damage to target radio-electronic devices. Ground-based radars are also viable targets as it has an operational range of 300 km.

The Krasukha-4 electronic warfare (EW) systems were deployed in Khmeimim AB to protect S-300 surface-to-air missile systems from hostile air and space reconnaissance assets.