Drones Shot Down Near Russian Base in Syria

A group of unidentified drones that approached the military facilities near the Hmeymim airbase in Syria on June 30 has been destroyed by Russian air defenses.

A source in the Syrian army told Sputnik that more than five unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which were earlier eliminated near the Russian Hmeymim airbase in Syria, were “most likely on a reconnaissance mission.”

The source also said that “on closer examination it became clear that the UAVs’ parts were made in Western countries.”

“The drones were invisible to conventional radars, because they were made of wood, plastic and modern innovative materials. Despite the deliberate use of these innovation technologies, the UAVS were detected by the Russian military,” the source stressed.

It explained that first and foremost, the drones were tracked by the Russian-made photodetectors and secondly, adding to the UAV’s destruction were the Syrian National Defense Forces (NDF) who are specifically tasked with protecting the territory around the Hmeymim base.

“After NDF fighters found out that the drones were flowing at low altitude, they shot down two UAVs with the help of Kalashnikov assault rifles,” the source added.

Earlier, a representative of the Hmeymim airbase reported that on June 30, a group of UAVs of unknown origin was detected by Russian airspace control to the northeast of the airbase and that all the drones were obliterated shortly after.

In a previous incident, Russian air defense systems intercepted two combat drones launched by militants near the base in late April.

The air defenses of the Russian airbase in Syria have been strengthened after a massive drone attack against Russian military facilities, including the Tartus Naval base and Hmeymin airbase on January 6. The Syrian government forces took control over six out of 13 drones as seven others were destroyed.

Russian servicemen were deployed to Syria in 2015, in a move initiated by the Syrian government who asked Moscow’s assistance in the fight against terrorism.

In December 2017, the Russian Defense Ministry announced complete destruction of Daesh* in Syria which were followed by Russian President Putin proclaiming “victory over terrorists” and ordering the partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syrian territory.

Photos: SPUTNIK / MURAD SAID

Source: Sputnik

One comment

  1. Wait, ADVANCED Materials? You must really be in the stone age to consider hobby grade plywood and FOAM to be advanced materials. This is such B.S…. You can buy foam anywhere, and hobby grade plywood these days comes primarily from………… wait for it…………

    CHINA!!!!!!

    Oh but lets blame the west anyway ok?

    Forget the fact that the largest producer of low cost laser cutters like what would be used to fashion the parts you see here is in CHINA, and INDIA!!!!! and they export WORLD WIDE!

    A machine capable of turning out large quantities of the wood for this KIT is $3300 on ebay and ships from Guangzhou China. It can easily turn out probably 10 to 20 kits per hour. All they need is wood, and a thousand watts of 220A/C power and a thumb drive.

    Sophisticated? Give me a break, I can do the same thing at my local maker lab on their cutter. if I can get time on the dang thing!!!

    I am not happy to see them using drones in this matter but to blame the west is like blaming the west for providing education, what you do with it is up to you.

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