The Mystery of the Attack Drones Deepens - Launch Site Was in Turkey-Controlled Region of Syria
The Russian military found out where the drones which attacked our base in Syria had been launched from. They took off from the de-escalation zone of Idlib, controlled by the so-called moderate opposition. Turkey is responsible for the region.
Artem Potyomin is reporting on the reaction of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
A swarm of drones with dozens of deadly bombs attempted to attack Russian bases in Syria. The terrorists' plan failed. The air defense and electronic warfare systems worked well to neutralize and destroy all 13 drones. The Ministry of Defense reports that they were launched from the Idlib de-escalation zone.
"The drones were launched from the area of the Muazar settlement, which is located in the southwestern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. It's controlled by the armed militants of the so-called 'moderate' opposition".
Idlib is an area where order is maintained by the Turkish military. The Russian Ministry of Defense sent a letter to Turkey's general staff, urging Ankara to fulfill its obligations. The Turks raised a counterclaim, accusing the Syrian government troops of breaking the cease-fire. They even called the Russian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry.
Meanwhile, the terrorists' attacks in Syria are getting increasingly elaborate. Shaitan bombs made of gas canisters and car bombs driven by suicide bombers are made in an improvised manner.
The Ministry of Defense reports that the drones which attacked the Russian facilities carried high-tech equipment: GPS devices that receive data from US satellites and a remote bomb release system. The Ministry of Defense believes that only one country could provide such devices.
"The designs used by the terrorists could only have been acquired from a country which possesses high-tech capabilities that allow it to deploy GPS-guided, professionally-assembled improvised explosive devices to a specific set of coordinates".
The US rushed to back-pedal, claiming that all the technologies are available on the free market. Indeed, anyone can make a drone. Vladimir Golubev, an expert on flying machines, confirms it.
Vladimir Golubev: "The main piece is Scotch tape, just stick it to what you have, as, unfortunately, foam plastic is very fragile. Look, dents are left. But if you use Scotch tape, it can withstand the loads. Flight control surfaces can also be covered with Scotch tape. The wing is made of foam plastic, the most complicated thing was to make a wooden airfoil, because we had to cut it with a hot string. We can see that a wing was cut here".
But it's one thing to cut a little glider, but it's another to assemble a machine with a gasoline engine and a guidance system, and then turn it into a bomber, a device that can cover dozens of kilometers to attack a target.
Experts are convinced that such raids are impossible without GPS survey data and the involvement of foreign professionals.
Ivan Konovalov, head of the Center for Strategic Trend Studies: "Those who attacked knew the coordinates, but where did they get them? Naturally, a third party is involved here. Nobody has been caught red-handed so far. However, a US Air Force Poseidon reconnaissance plane was in the area that day. It was following the situation and it could just observe the attack and how our air defense repulsed it".
The Ministry of Defense reiterates that providing the militants with technology for the sake of short-term geopolitical interests is fraught with dire consequences. Now such UAVs can actually attack any city anywhere in the world.
Artem Potyomin for Vesti