Mass attack of UAV on Russian bases in Syria

[Balancer]

Again a big noise from Syria. On January 6, a massive attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on Russian bases in Syria was foiled. In total, 13 vehicles took part in the attack, 10 in Khmeimim and 3 in Tartus.

Six goals managed to take control by the Russian means of electronic warfare. 3 of these was landed in controlled territory outside the base, and 3 more UAVs was detonated from a collision with the ground.

Seven UAVs were destroyed by "Pantsir-S" of Russian air defense.

No UAV has achieved the targets, no injured and no damage.

In my opinion, this is the world's first case of such a mass attack by homemade UAVs by terrorists. It is very pleasant that our air defense forces were ready to repel such a raid with such complex targets.

Although against this background, new questions arise to attack Khmeimim on December 31\. The official version with mortar shelling is not the best way to explain all the facts. But the fact that it could be a trial attack using UAV, to repel an attack which was then not ready - is more interesting.

Here are photos with intercepted "gifts" from ISIS.

Here is a local resident demonstrating the wreckage of one of the destroyed vehicles.

 

[Bleipriester]

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"moderate rebels"

"The jihadist rebels launched a drone strike above the government-held town of Slunfeh this morning, killing at least three soldiers in process.

According to the army, the jihadist attack drone struck an ammunition depot in Slunfeh, causing a powerful explosion to rip through the SAA base.

Initially, it was believed to have been an Israeli airstrike due to the sheer powerful of the attack; however, it was later confirmed to be a militant drone.

The attack took place at 10:30 A.M. (Damascus Time) and only lasted for a few minutes before flying away ammunition depot."

"The Defense Ministry noted that the design used by the militants could only be obtained from a technologically advanced country, and warned of the danger of such attacks in any country in the world.

However, the Pentagon has refuted these claims by saying that such devices are “easily available” on the “open market.”

As the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, the official publication of the Russian Defense Ministry, has specified, the drones that attacked the Hmeymim airbase flew out of the area in the southwest of the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria, controlled by the so-called moderate opposition."

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[Bleipriester]

The drone workshop where the drones were made was probably destroyed by Russia. Russia stresses the drones are to sophisticated to be made by the "rebels" alone. An US recon planes was detected when the drones were underway.