Militants renewed drone attacks on Russian Khmeimim airbase
Militants of terrorist organizations in Syria resumed attacks on the Russian Khmeimim base, but another attempt to strike the base with drones failed, the air defense systems of the base neutralized the threat. This was announced by Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, Deputy Head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties (CPVS) in Syria.
According to the rear admiral, on Monday, the militants made another attempt to strike at the air base with the help of droneby launching a drone from the Idlib de-escalation zone. The drone was detected by means of airspace control of the air base at a considerable distance, after which the air target was destroyed by the Pantsir-S air defense missile system.
- said in a statement.
There are no casualties and no material damage at the base itself, the airbase is operating as usual.
Note that the militants have been trying for a long time to strike at the Russian airbase, periodically launching drones in its direction, as well as using artisanal MLRS installations, but everything was intercepted at a considerable distance from the airbase. This apparently led to a temporary halt in the launch of the drones, but attempts have now resumed.
Recall that protection from air attacks in the near zone of the air defense of the Khmeimim airbase is carried out by the Pantsyr air defense missile system and the Tor-M2 air defense system, and the far zone is covered by the C-400 air defense system.
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