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Bastion coastal defense missile system proves land attack capability in Syria
 
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The land attack capability of the K-300P Bastion (NATO reporting name: SS-C-5 Stooge) mobile coastal defense system’s P-800 Oniks (SS-N-26 Strobile) missile has been demonstrated for the first time during the massive air and missile attack on the Russia-banned Islamic State and Jebhat al-Nusra terrorist groups on November 15, 2016.
 

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Russian armed forces have launched massive attacks in Syrian province of Idlib and Homs
 
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On November 15, Russia`s Armed Forces have launched massive attacks against the terrorists in the Syrian provinces of Idlib and Homs. The military is intensively using several pieces of military hardware, including the Project 11435 'Admiral Kuznetsov' heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser (NATO reporting name: Kuznetsov-class) and the Project 11356 'Admiral Grigorovich' frigate (Krivak V/Grigorovich-class).
 

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Strelets target acquisition and designation system deployed with Russian Su-24M bombers in Syria
 
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The Russian air power in Syria delivered surgical pinpoint strikes at verified targets outside the city of Aleppo and its residential areas, head of the Main Operations Department of Russia’s General Staff Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy said.
 

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Palmyra demining mission is now accomplished
 
Palmyra-demining-mission-is-now-accomplished-640-001 Russian combat engineers have accomplished their Palmyra demining mission assigned by President Vladimir Putin, Yuri Stavitsky, head of the Russian Corps of Engineers, told the journalists on Friday. "The mission assigned by the president of the Russian Federation has been accomplished," he said.
 

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Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter crashes in Syria
 
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A Russian Aerospace Force Mil Mi-28N (NATO reporting name: Havoc) attack helicopter crashed in Syria and its crew died in the crash. The helicopter was not shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office told journalists on Tuesday, April 12.
 

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Analysis : Terrorist groups in Syria have no sophisticated air defense systems
 
Analysis Terrorist groups in Syria have no sophisticated air defense systems 640 002 The terrorist groups operating in Syria have no sophisticated air defenses, Russian military experts believe. Now, the terrorists in Syria can use DShK and KPVT heavy machineguns in the form of ZPU-2 anti-aircraft guns, 23-mm automatic guns in the form of ZU-23-2s and Stinger man-portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS). The terrorists are said to have gotten MANPADS (Man-portable air-defense systems) of the type.
 

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Russian military is using Uran-6 mine clearance robot systems in the Syrian city of Palmyra
 
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The Russian military is using Uran-6 robotic systems on its mine clearance operation in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office has told journalists in a briefing. "The combat engineer detachment [deployed to Syria] includes a canine element with dogs trained to sniff out high explosives. Advanced Uran-6 robotic systems will be used during the demining," the press office said.
 

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Analysis of the Russian military operations in Syria after half year of presence in the country
 
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Five and a half months of air operation in Syria cost Russia over 33 billion rubles ($480 million). Kommersant daily notes that besides political dividends Moscow is hoping for a major payback as foreign demand for weapons and armaments used in Syrian combat conditions is likely to rise. Director General of Rostech State Corporation Sergei Chemezov shares the view.
 

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Syrian armed force retakes control of the city of Palmyra from ISIS forces
 
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On Sunday March 27, 2016, Syrian government forces with the support of Russian air strikes recaptured Palmyra the city of Palmyra, state media and a monitoring group said, inflicting a significant defeat on the Islamic State group which had controlled the desert city since May last year.
 

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New victory for the Syrian armed forces backed by Russian warplanes near Palmyra
 
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Syrian army troops have seized a key district in a fierce advance into the Daesh (ISIS) stronghold of Palmyra and have reached the gates of the city’s Roman ruins, according to security sources.The state-run news channel Ikhbariya broadcast images from just outside Palmyra Thursday, March 24, 2016, and security sources said government fighters had taken over a hotel district in the west.
 

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Successful use of Kalibr NATO code SS-N-27 Sizzler cruise missile in Syria by Russian armed forces
 
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Successful use of Kalibr 3M-54 Klub (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) cruise missiles in the military operation in Syria confirms that the weapon plays an important role in strategic non-nuclear deterrence of the potential adversary. However it is necessary to have 20,000-30,000 of such missiles, Deputy Director General of the Krylov State Scientific Center, Valery Polyakov told TASS.
 

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Russia starts withdrawing its military forces deployed in Syria
 
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The Russian air forces deployed in Syria would start withdrawal from March 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. Putin said the decision was discussed and coordinated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a phone conversation earlier in the day, adding that "the fundamental tasks set for the Russian armed forced in Syria were resolved."
 

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Analysis: Russian military forces deployed in Syria offers victory for stabilisation in Middle East?
 
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The media have pronounced the Syria truce agreement, cosponsored by Washington and Moscow, as the latter’s big diplomatic success. Actually, it does not seem to be a success at all. It is quite possible that Moscow has made a grave mistake - both militarily and politically, Institute for Political and Military Analysis Deputy Director Alexander Khramchikhin presumes.
 

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Syrian Armed Forces will hardly advance on Raqqa, Deir az-Zor and Palmira shortly
 
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A series of victories by Syrian governmental forces in the past months created an illusion of a well-oiled military force of Damascus which can liberate the country non-stop from the last terrorist. The truce made some observers speak about treason and a new Minsk-2 agreement while others predicted plans of offensive into the territory controlled by ISIS which is banned in Russia, Expert Online observer Petr Skorobogaty writes.
 

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Analysis: Syrian Scud tactical missiles could be a threat for Turkey
 
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Missile complex 9K72 Elbrus classified by NATO as SS-1C Scud-B is a dinosaur among operational and tactical missiles. However despite the age it can pose a serious threat to air and naval bases. At present the Syrian army is armed with Elbrus which was used during the civil war and in repelling the aggression of international terrorists.
 

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 Turkish invasion of Syria should be to defeat the Kurdish militias
 
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The objective of a Turkish invasion of Syria will be the defeat of the Kurdish militias controlling large swaths of the Syrian-Turkish border, rather than the seizure of Damascus, Gevorg Mirzayan, an expert with Expert Online, believes. Turkey is much apprehensive that the Kurds will not leave the areas they have seized, but will set up an autonomous district (if Bashar al-Assad wins the civil war and preserves the territorial integrity of Syria) or a de facto independent state there.
 

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Soviet-made ZSU-23-4 Shilka anti-aicraft guns used by Syrian troops against ground threats
 
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces fighting the Russia-banned Islamic State terrorist group have been using towed and self-propelled antiaircraft guns (SPAAG) against ground threats, with the ZSU-23-4 Shilka SPAAG being especially popular in this role.
 

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Russia to boost the security on Syrian airspace with three layers of air defense missile systems
 
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A Russian Sukhoi Su-24M (NATO reporting name: Fencer) was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter in Syrian airspace near the Turkish border on November 24, 2015. In response, the Russian leadership decided to boost the security of the air task force’s planes on mission in Syrian airspace and to step up the air defense of Khmeimim air base.
 

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Foreign media report deployment of Russian land forces in Syria with tanks and combat vehicles
 
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In spite of the statements by Russia’s military-political leaders about their lack of plans for ground operations in Syria, the foreign media have been reporting both Russian troops’ active participation in the ground fighting and numerous losses sustained by the Russian Armed Forces in Syria.
 

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