A US F16 launched a high-speed anti-radiation missile after being illuminated by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile system, officials said.

According to CNN an intelligence-gathering radar system saw a surface-to-air missile system switch on and track an aircraft right before the plane went down.

Iran recently announced that it has tested a "local" version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system whose delivery Russia nixed back in September.

While it is not Russia's most advanced surface-to-air missile system, it has been likened by experts to the US Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.

These are a family of weapons which are self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems.

New Delhi said it would also buy surface-to-air missile systems and stealth frigates from Moscow.

And not just small arms or helicopters -but "high-endfighters" and advanced surface-to-airmissilesystems, too.

Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, are the only three NATO allies with appropriate Patriot surface-to-air missile systems available.

'I'd like to see what Iran is doing in my field - surface-to-airmissilesystems.'

Israel did not target the Russian-made advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile systems deployed near the positions of Russian troops, Israeli media report.

Pentagon officials said the jets launched guided weapons against two Iraqi mobile surface-to-air missile systems located near Basra, about 245 miles southeast of Baghdad.

Last week, the US named Almaz-Antey on its sanctions list, describing the company as making " surface-to-air missile systems currently used by the Russian military".

Turkey last month said it was moving ahead with the controversial S-400 procurement and expected to begin installing the surface-to-air missile systems in October 2019.