Russia’s Defense Ministry has issued a statement Friday claiming they have found and killed the Syrian militants responsible for a recent series of artillery and drone attacks against Hmeimim Airbase and Tartus port.
The Russian statement was brief, saying that they’d killed the militants, and also destroyed a substantial stockpile of drones of the type responsible for recent failed attacks. They said the attack was in Idlib Province.
The first of the drones sent against Hmeimim was described as little more than a wooden frame with an engine and landmine strapped to it. The later flurry of drones appeared to have GPS navigation and other improvements.
Russian officials suggested that the GPS navigation suggested a foreign power, likely the US, was backing the strikes, though ultimately neither drone salvo did any actual damage, with Russian shooting down most of them, and the others just crashing.
The complicating factor here is mot merely GOS control, but also the long range remote control of bombs release. Russia dud dhoot some, snd crashed others. But it also commandeered the operating ststem if an unsoecified number of drones fhat gave them additional information.
It’s not sophisticated at all. I’ve known hobbyists who could operate an aircraft at a range of several miles with vision. Here it requires a ham license but I doubt thats a problem in Syria.
Or, it could simply fly by GPS course and release at a set location.
Like I said all along if America wanted to destroy Russian jets they would’ve issued out surface to air missile systems SAMS. If I’m not mistaken isn’t Turkey, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, financing the Insurgency or supporting it in some form. All these countries capable Turkey has the 2nd biggest air force in the world. The Saudis and Emirates are swimming in money all I’m saying is there’s really no way at this point of time to know exactly who was behind this. So many players in the region operating from various positions in and around Syria does anyone really think they’re going to be honest?
If they were that simple, I could build them with freely available parts.