Contents tagged with MANPADS

  • Kremlin confirms that Su-25 was shot down with Russian air defense system in Syria

    Major Roman Filipov’s Su-25 assault jet was shot down in Syria with a missile from a Russian Igla man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS), said Franz Klintsevich, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Defense and Security Committee.

    “According to unofficial information, it was an ‘Igla’,” Klintsevich said. According to him, serious work is being done to clarify all the circumstances, especially who supplied the MANPADS.

    On February 3, militants shot down a Russian Su-25 SM assault jet …