Russian Military Deploys More Advanced Air Defense Units in Syria's Humeimim Base

The Russian military has deployed several Pantsir S1 missile systems around Humeimim airbase in Western Lattakia to counter terrorists' drone attacks, Russia's state news agency reported on Tuesday.

News ID: 71904

Date: 21 August 2018 - 17:00

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The Arabic-language website of Sputnik news agency reported that Russia has stationed several units of Pantsir S1 missile system that falls in the category of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems at Humeimim airbase to repel drone and helishot attacks by terrorists.

In the meantime, former Commander of Russian Air Defense Units General Alexander Gorokov said that detecting terrorists' drones by radars is a hard mission as they are mainly in small size.

A large number of enemy drones have been recently downed over Humeimim that is home to the Russian warplanes.

Last week, the Russian military said it had repelled two drone attacks “at a safe distance from the base.” On Saturday a drone, apparently carrying explosives, was downed on approach to Humeimim, also from the militant-held de-escalation zone in Idlib.

Probably the most large-scale assault on Humeimim took place in January this year with at least 10 drones attacking the area. Three others targeted the Russian maritime logistics point in the city of Tartus. Many of those devices were downed by the Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft weapon system.

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