Russian MP says Moscow tested ‘over 200 new weapons’ in Syria

22 February 2018, 7:16 pm

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Russia has tested over 200 new types of arms in Syria during its campaign in support of President Bashar Assad, a senior Russian lawmaker says.

Illustrative: A picture taken during a press tour hosted by the Russian Armed Forces shows a Russian soldier looking through the scope of a sniper rifle on the outskirts of Syria’s eastern city of Deir Ezzor on September 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/France2/Dominique Derda)

“As we helped the brotherly Syrian people, we tested over 200 new types of weapons,” says Vladimir Shamanov, a former commander of Russia’s airborne troops who now serves as head of the Russian Duma’s defence committee.

“It’s not an accident that today they are coming to us from many directions to purchase our weapons, including countries that are not our allies,” he says. “Today our military-industrial complex represented our army in a way we can be proud of.”

— AFP