Russia foils massive attack on its Syrian bases by electronically “controlling” 6 drones

Debka ^ | Jan 8, 2018

[Diogenesis]

Russia foils massive attack on its Syrian bases by electronically
“controlling” 6 drones, downing seven

The Defense Ministry in Moscow revealed on Monday, Jan. 8:
A massive terrorist drone attack on Russian military and naval bases
in Syria was thwarted by electronic measures and anti-air weapon fire.
The statement said that overnight on Jan. 6, Syrian “militants” (terrorists)
sent a large swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles to attack Russia’s Tartus
Naval base and Khmeimim air base. Russian defenses took control of six drones
and its Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system shot down another seven.
.... they used electronic measures to manipulate the UAVs’ navigation systems
and bring them down intact.
Moscow has now launched an urgent technical analysis of the captured drones,
which were revealed capable of enabling terrorists to conduct attacks
from a range of some 100km, and discovered using for the first time modern
guidance technologies on satellite GPS.
On Saturday, Jan. 6, Syrian military sources reported that their air defenses
had brought down two drones flying over the Russian Khmeimim air base
....belonging to the Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. It is not clear
whether the Russian and Syrian statements apply to the same incident.

[Seruzawa]

You don’t have to be so snarky.

[PIF]

I believe you were the doubter and Debka hater, so I just included a few references, is all - if that’s snark, then so be it.