Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. December 19. INTERFAX - Russian short-range air defense systems "Pantsir-S" during the fighting in Syria and Libya shot down more than 40 Turkish Bayraktar and Anka drones, according to a report by the Rossiya-1 TV channel (VGTRK).
"Arab calculations in both Syria and Libya, according to them, shot down more than 40 Bayraktars and heavy Turkish Anka drones with Russian Shells," the correspondent of the TV channel reported on the Vesti Nedelya program (Rossiya 1 TV channel, VGTRK).
The TV channel also showed the Bayraktar drone shot down in Syria. The report reports that he entered the Syrian air defense zone without authorization and was shot down by a Russian-made Pantsir anti-aircraft complex.
"We are currently observing three Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles in the Idlib area. At the same time, we can track them, starting with the flyby and ending with the landing," Alexander Novikov, head of the Department for the construction and development of the system for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said on the TV channel.
He noted that the drones are located in pre-agreed areas where they perform tasks. At the same time, according to him, they are constantly monitored by Syrian air defense systems. "And at any moment, if there are provocations, we are ready to respond adequately to it," Novikov said.
The Bastion system, which collects information from all Russian radars, was also shown in the report.
"At the moment, Bastion is showing in real time which reconnaissance planes and drones are flying along the Russian border and over the contact line in Donbass," the correspondent of the TV channel said.
The report also talked about the flight of an American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft along the western coast of Crimea, as well as about the Bayraktar drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, detected by radars 20 km from Horlivka.
Pantsir-S is a modern short-range air defense system (developed by the Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau, NPO High-Precision Complexes Holding, Rostec). The complex is in service with the Russian army and is exported.
In 2011, it was reported that Russia supplied Syria with 36 Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems.
