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Publish date18 Aug 2018 - 15:34
Story Code : 351834

Russia says drones attacking Syria base too sophisticated

Russia says foreign-backed raids on its airbase in Syria have increased and that drones attacking its Hmeimim base in Syria are too sophisticated to have been assembled by terrorists.
Russia says drones attacking Syria base too sophisticated
Russia’s  Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said Thursday that drones downed by Hmeimim air defense assets appeared primitive but had a range of 100 kilometers and used advanced technologies.

The drones, equipped with explosive devices, navigation gadgets and control systems, could not have been assembled by militants "without any outside help", he said.

Experts who have analyzed the downed UAVs have reached the conclusion that the assembling work is based on “a clear instruction developed by specialists”, Konashenkov said.

Terrorists, he said, have also launched the attacks based on a clear line of expert directions.

According to Konashenkov, Russian air defense assets have over the past month successfully downed 45 drones during attacks on the Hmeimim airbase located in Syria’s Latakia.

The attacks were launched by Idlib-based militants and the number of such attacks has recently increased.

The Hmeimim airbase is the hub of Russian operations in the Arab country and the largest base in Syria run by foreign troops.

Idlib, a governorate on the Turkish border, is one of the last strongholds still held by foreign-backed militants in Syria. 

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