Saturday, January 16, 2016

Did Russian Combat Robots Kill 70 Rebels In Syria?



Belling Cat: Were Russian Combat Robots Used in Syria?

According to Sputnik and multiple Russian-language blogs, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) recently deployed ten Russian combat robots in a battle in the Latakia province, leading to “about 70” dead rebel fighters and no dead SAA soldiers in fighting. Per the reports, these ten robots included six “Platform-M” systems and four “Argo” robots, which were controlled from a Russian command post. This news — if true — would warrant significant coverage, as it would mark the first successful use of combat robots in actual warfare, bringing about a significant number of casualties of enemy combatants.

So, did it happen?

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WNU Editor: I am sceptical. These robots are too noisy, too slow, and can probably be easy to knock out. 70 rebels killed .... I doubt it.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Maybe

Fly a loud drones over head.

Have loudspeakers engaged in agitprop asking them to surrender as cover.

The old back up,is put them under artillery. Come up on them when their head are down.

James said...

Well they got the 70 dumbest. The near future for these things will be ambush mode.

B.Poster said...

I hope they did. Good riddance to enemies of both our peoples!!