By 1980, Syria was taking delivery of MiG-25 Foxbats, the fastest fighter in the world at the time, and T-72 tanks ... The Syrian Army would receive approximately 1,500 more Kornet missiles ...

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the subsequent movement of Syrian fighters ... Assad are outdated T-54/55 and T-62 models, there is no shortage of much newer T-72 family machines ...