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Description: As darkness fell, Russia air defense systems detected “13 unidentified small-size air targets at a significant distance” swarming towards the bases.

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# Russia Defends Syrian Military Bases From Massive Drone Attack

Russian security forces of the Khmeimim air base and Russian Naval CSS point in the city of Tartus ,thwarted a terrorist attack “with massive application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through the night of 5th – 6th January 2018,” according to the Russian Ministry of Defence. The attack came just two days after an Islamic faction operating in the area launched a barrage of mortar rounds at the airbase severely damaging two planes.

The Khmeimim airbase in Syria

As darkness fell, Russia air defense systems detected “13 unidentified small-size air targets at a significant distance” swarming towards the bases. Ten assault drones were fast approaching the Khmeimim air base, and another three were advancing towards the naval base. All attack drones had payloads of what appears to be mortar rounds.

Photos believed to show damage to aircraft following a previous attack on New Year's Eve

As the drones approached both bases, Russia unleashed the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and Electronic Warfare Units. Seven UAVs were destroyed by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile system, and another six UAVs were hacked with radio equipment. Three of the UAVs landed in a safe area just outside the base, but the others exploded on various landing attempts. The Defense Ministry notes that the defense systems eliminated all threats with no casualties or damages.

It was the “first time that terrorists massively used unmanned combat aerial vehicles of an aircraft type that were launched from a distance of more than 50 kilometers, and operated using GPS satellite navigation coordinates,” the ministry said in a statement.

The Defense Ministry said experts are analyzing the aircraft’s flight components and bomb ordnances for clues. Flight data from the GPS indicates the UAVs could have been launched at a range of 100 kilometers (62 miles). If so, this would be the first long-range drone attack by militants in the Syrian War.

> Currently, the Russian military experts are analyzing the construction, technical filling and improvised explosives of the captured UAVs. Having decoded the data recorded on the UAVs, the specialists found out the launch site. It was the first time when terrorists applied a massed drone aircraft attack launched at a range of more than 50 km using modern GPS guidance system. Technical examination of the drones showed that such attacks could have been made by terrorists at a distance of about 100 kilometers.

Further, the Defense Ministry says the extremists may have been aided by a “technologically advanced state,” as Russian specialist are now attempting to determine where the flight systems of the drones originated from.

> Terrorists’ aircraft-type drones carried explosive devices with foreign detonating fuses. The Russian specialists are determining supply channels, through which terrorists had received the technologies and devices, as well as examining type and origin of explosive compounds used in the IEDs. The fact of usage of strike aircraft-type drones by terrorists is the evidence that militants have received technologies to carry out terrorist attacks using such UAVs in any country.

After Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial withdraw of troops from Syria back in December, militants have been eager to gain an edge with swarming high-tech drones that have remarkable long-range capabilities. The one question that Russia, and others, are asking in this incident: who is supplying the militants with these high-tech, long-range drones?

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FullHedge1 Jan 9, 2018 8:09 AM

Must be those Obummer funded moderate Mudslimes.

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Gert_B_Frobe FullHedge1 Jan 9, 2018 8:13 AM

Printed on underside of wing "Hobby Lobby, Chicago, IL"

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Moe-Monay Gert_B_Frobe Jan 9, 2018 8:27 AM

Funny comment+1

You have not been to Hobby Lobby in a while? When I went into one in 2011 and there was nothing but fru fru girly decoration stuff. They tell me men and women are exactly the same but I was quite disappointed. Happened to have convinced a little 5 ft tall Vietnamese engineer I work with occasionally to walk in after a meeting at Chili's restarant. I am 6'5". It was big hoss and little falsie and there was nothing a hetero male would like for as far as the eye could see. I kept egging my buddy on saying oh it must be just a little further towards the back. At that point I thought hey it would really funny if I grabbed his hand and held it. He ran for the door and I fell on the floor laughing uncontrollably.

So do they have radio controlled airplanes up in the Chicago Hobby Lobby???

CIA / Israel supplied drones. And they'll use this for a reason why we should not have drones in the USA without all sorts of paperwork. I have concluded that CIA / NSA / Israel we would be better off without come what may. Like Putin does not know with whom this stuff originated. All we amateurs on Zh saw the title and already knew the usual suspects were up to it again.

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BennyBoy Moe-Monay Jan 9, 2018 8:29 AM

US drones: FAIL

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DerdyBulls BennyBoy Jan 9, 2018 8:36 AM

Lay off handing out drones please.

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WTFRLY DerdyBulls Jan 9, 2018 8:41 AM

They are getting desperate to take out Syria, now using swarms of flying j00.

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Latina Lover WTFRLY Jan 9, 2018 8:46 AM

Interesting, isn't it, how a group of head chopping, camel fucking, illiterate, fundamentalist scum acquired highly advanced drone capabilities? Wonder who is supplying them? List is very short...

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201801091060620442-us-spy-aircraft-r…

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TruthHammer Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 8:49 AM

Did Oriental Review write this for Vlad Tyler? Can we get an American written article on this news?

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HenryKissinger… TruthHammer Jan 9, 2018 8:52 AM

Israel drones with McCain explosives...

but filled with plenty or Russiagate evidence, just in case

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1 Alabama HenryKissinger… Jan 9, 2018 8:56 AM

Sweep this under the carpet. There's nothing to see here.

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The_Juggernaut 1 Alabama Jan 9, 2018 9:14 AM

Russian false flag.

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CynicClinic The_Juggernaut Jan 9, 2018 10:29 AM

If that were the case, they would have let them through. Duh...

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Fish Gone Bad CynicClinic Jan 9, 2018 10:55 AM

I went to Home Depot. They do not have an explosives section, nor a drone section. The way the news portrays it, one could just readily buy weapons anywhere.

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nope-1004 The_Juggernaut Jan 9, 2018 10:30 AM

Wow.... those crazy terrorists are now using black market oil revenues to buy black market drones.

Holy cow! I am so stupid I can't believe how elaborate the black market really is. Do they use Craig List too?

I can't believe how sophisticated terrorists are.... what with access to Texas plumber trucks too n' all.

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Shemp 4 Victory HenryKissinger… Jan 9, 2018 8:59 AM

> filled with plenty or Russiagate evidence.

...and all of it written in Cyrillic characters. The CIA thinks of (almost) everything. They probably also contain forged sales receipts from hobby shops in Moscow.

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Fukushima Sam Shemp 4 Victory Jan 9, 2018 9:44 AM

ZeroHedge seems to have become a Russian psyop.

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Billy the Poet Fukushima Sam Jan 9, 2018 10:38 AM

Try a little more tinfoil. That'll help.

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Eyes Opened Fukushima Sam Jan 9, 2018 10:40 AM

Fuk u Shima Sam...

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veritas semper… Shemp 4 Victory Jan 9, 2018 10:44 AM

All true. The only thing that (they) could not forge it's the satellite providing guidance to the drones,capable of flying for 100 km.

And that satellite ,belongs to the US, without any doubt at all.

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Veritas X- HenryKissinger… Jan 9, 2018 9:03 AM

Sounds like you're being *anti-semantic* there Heinz 57+ways.

Wie ist die 'proof'?

The Rothschilds know for sure.

Vielen Danke Heinz-Z.

;))) X-

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optimator Veritas X- Jan 9, 2018 10:20 AM

Quatsch!

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Shemp 4 Victory TruthHammer Jan 9, 2018 8:54 AM

> Can we get an American written article on this news?

Ummmm, the linked source is the BBC, a State-Run Propaganda Outlet®. You can't get any more 'American' than that.

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TruthHammer Shemp 4 Victory Jan 9, 2018 9:00 AM

BBC is farther left the Bernie Sanders, and they have ISIS people in their CEO's boardroom, teaching them how best to cut Christian's heads off.

My point wasnt about the article being commented on, but the person commenting on it. The original Zerohedge guys sold ZH to literal Russian Oligarchs about 5 years ago, and they love posting Pro Palestinian, Anti-American propaganda, so the millenial retards from 4chan and reddit, can scream (((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))) at every article.

It's bad enough ZH went from high level Economics for non-n00bs, to bitcoin and politics click bait. But we sure as hell dont need the constant stream of Russian empty shell, no talent, think-tank tripe.

For the record, The CIA and Saudis were funding the Sunni Terrorists far more than Israel.

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corsair TruthHammer Jan 9, 2018 9:34 AM

I fail to see any "think-tank tripe" in this article. It's a simple report based on Russian MOD announcement.

Are you saying it's not newsworthy?

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y3maxx TruthHammer Jan 9, 2018 9:36 AM

Turkey would be my guess.

Erodgan has history of false flag events.

He'll provide false proof it was the Kurds, then bomb the shit out of'em,

and at the same time cut off Russia's mediteranean access thru the Black Sea.

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opport.knocks y3maxx Jan 9, 2018 10:03 AM

Saudis with assistance from US/Israel is the only plausible explanation. Turkey does not like the US support of Kurds and is already pivoting to Russia.

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Ted19731950 y3maxx Jan 9, 2018 10:16 AM

If that were attempted, I think Putin would come at Erdogan with a lot of power and smash him, imo.

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Ted19731950 y3maxx Jan 9, 2018 10:16 AM

If that were attempted, I think Putin would come at Erdogan with a lot of power and smash him, imo.

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peddling-fiction TruthHammer Jan 9, 2018 9:51 AM

High level Economics = Rigged markets, wizards of social engineering

ZHers understand this truth and much more. You are on thin ice if you wish to "defend" the U.S. of Aipac.

You are only left with a hammer. Where is your sickle?

Will you bill the Pentagon $700 for your stinking hammer?

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opport.knocks TruthHammer Jan 9, 2018 9:59 AM

Lots of trash written online by and for Americans and it is not hard to find. However ZH has global reach and POVs and we would like keep it that way.

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SoilMyselfRotten Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 8:51 AM

Terrorists are doing this, umm, ok. They the same terrorists that took down the twin towers?

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Urban Roman Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 8:59 AM

Obviouly they watched a lot of those amateur chemistry youtube videos about how to refine silicon, copper, etc. from common dirt, spin fiber composite airframes out of goat hair, and explosives from camel dung. The only explanation.

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Akzed Urban Roman Jan 9, 2018 10:09 AM

Saw a video last week of some mullah destroying a toilet because toilets are western. Of course it was being filmed with a cell phone.

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Huh Reeeally Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 9:11 AM

...coming soon to a city near, well, everyone.

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RafterManFMJ Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 9:54 AM

The Russians took care of business. I have to ask if a US Airbase would have performed so well? I’d like to think so, but I doubt it.

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csmith Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 9:55 AM

Hardly advanced stuff here. The drones we KNOW about today have coordinated communications, attack and defensive capabilities far beyond flying a mortar shell into the ground at a specified GPS coordinate. The stuff we DON'T know about is at least 3 years ahead of this.

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Silver Kiwi Latina Lover Jan 9, 2018 10:39 AM

And training them. You don't just unpack the box from Amazon strap on a bomb and send off a squadron in a coordinated strike on 2 targets without a bit of training.

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agNau WTFRLY Jan 9, 2018 10:09 AM

Think it's about time to use the commercial aircraft takedown trick with another BUK.

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Alexander De Large WTFRLY Jan 9, 2018 10:14 AM

Lol

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HenryKissinger… DerdyBulls Jan 9, 2018 8:42 AM

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you_are_cleared_hot DerdyBulls Jan 9, 2018 9:50 AM

Looks like the CIA office in Syria has been busy trying to figure out how the new Russian base is protected: 100+ Radio-Shack (yes, I know they're out of business) RC planes with "locally sourced" mortar rounds programmed/flown by "locally sourced personnel". Me thinks the Russians will be returning the favor soon.

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Kobe Beef you_are_cleared_hot Jan 9, 2018 10:07 AM

it's a nice touch, The Russians, putting this out over international news wires as "terrorists", "militants" of unknown origin.

When we know, that they know, that we know, that they know, exactly where these attacks were launched from, and exactly whose protocols were used for the attack.

It's a very diplomatic. And appears to be seeking someone who may not have known such an attack was on the wing, and yet, may see the wisdom in making sure it does not happen again.

I'm very impressed. Diplomatic genius. You cannot not notice we know that you know that we know..

WHO LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON OUR BASES.

Ignore this message, and meet our hypersonic missile genius. DEAL?

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peddling-fiction BennyBoy Jan 9, 2018 8:46 AM

Folks, the attacks are increasing in size, scope and brazenness.

Overt WW3 is not far away. No fear folks.

Thanks Edgy-Tyler, looks like zio-Tyler was benched on this one; a bit late but still these articles need to make it here.

I see what you did with the jet damage photos (I did see them too).

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Veritas X- peddling-fiction Jan 9, 2018 8:52 AM

Terve Kaveri p-f.

Your 'zio' reference is correct.

Glad att se Du kan läget.

X-

btw, Max Igan is spot on HERE:

*How We Are Controlled and Why Most People Can't See It*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LwgfCJ7upw&list=UUegOTmclzjfKuQh0SHflq…

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peddling-fiction Veritas X- Jan 9, 2018 8:59 AM

Hej X, åtminstone jag kan skriva det här.

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Veritas X- peddling-fiction Jan 9, 2018 9:04 AM

tottakai!

;) X-

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Akzed Veritas X- Jan 9, 2018 10:29 AM

Klaatu barada nikto.

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Gert_B_Frobe Moe-Monay Jan 9, 2018 8:42 AM

Well, the locally owned Hobby Lobby I use to hang out in as a lad in the late 60s was before the current frufru place was in business. It had nothing but plastic and balsa wood kits. Loved building models and had a few radio controlled craft.

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Moe-Monay Gert_B_Frobe Jan 9, 2018 8:53 AM

Oh I bet they had Estes rockets too. Opps I shouldn't have said that. CIA / Israel will be right on it.

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veritas semper… Moe-Monay Jan 9, 2018 10:39 AM

The Russians have captured and examined at least 3 drones. And know where they are coming from,who provided them and the "foreign made explosives".

The heads of the Beast are three :the exceptional nation,the chosen one and the pirate nation,where this initially started in July 1694.

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