At a briefing April 25, Deputy chief of the General staff of the Russian armed forces, Sergey rudskoy, presenting a report on military strike by the International coalition 13 April 2018, said that almost half of the cruise missiles were shot down by air defense of Bashar al-Assad.
Rudskoy also reported that two unexploded rocketswhich fell in Syrian territory and was captured by government forces. According to Colonel-General, one of the weapons — American «Tomahawk«, and the second unknown precision-guided rocket. Both instances will study Russian experts, and on their basis will be developed upgrades for the corresponding weapons.
#SYRIA #rudskoy our data show that anti-aircraft missile systems «Pantsir», «Wasp», «Strela-10», «BEECH», «Square» and «C-125», covering the capital of Syria and the nearby airfields of the Syrian air force of Duval, Doumeira, Bley and Mezze, destroyed forty-six cruise missiles pic.twitter.com/gsOob0lhPm
— The Ministry of defence (@mod_russia) April 25, 2018
The representative of the General staff claims that 46 cruise missiles shot down by Syria’s air defense. Were involved in this technique as «Strela-10», «C-125», «OSA», «Beech» and «Armor». These guns covered the capital of Damascus and surrounding area.
«Pieces of cruise missiles found in these areas intercept, have characteristic holes from damaging elements of anti-aircraft guided missiles. The parts and components are marked with serial numbers, dates, manufacturers and other data. Experts can easily identify the belonging of these fragments,» said rudskoy.
The Pentagon called this version «absurd«. According to the press-Secretary of Department Erich Pachon, is a classic work history of state propaganda. He noted that, in addition to loud statements, Russia has failed to show photos and video evidencerelating to the captured and shot down by missiles.
«This is another example of Russian disinformation campaign designed to distract from their immoral involvement in the atrocities of the Assad regime and the massacre of civilians in Syria,» said Pachon.
