US Spying Drone Shot Down with Russian-Made Missile over Syria

Media sources reported that the Syrian Air Defense units fired a Russian-made missile at a US spying drone flying over Lattakia province's airspace and shot it down.


The Russian-language Vestnik Mordovieh daily quoted military experts as saying that the Syrian air defense units intercepted and targeted a Predator reconnaissance drone of the US over the coastal province of Lattakia.

Based on the paper, the drone that violated Syria's airspace was, MQ-1 Predator, an American remotely piloted aircraft built by General Atomics.

• The US army officials have also confirmed that they have lost connection with the drone, the paper added.

Meantime, the Turkish media reported that the US drone took off from Turkey's Incirlik airbase.
  [farsnews.com]
22/4/17
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