MOSCOW – In a major revelation, Russia claims its armed robot Uran-9 hasseen action in the Syrian civil war.
According to a report in Russia’s state-owned news outlet RIA Novosti, thecountry’s Deputy Minister of Defence Yuriy Borisov confirmed that hismilitary tested the multifunctional reconnaissance and fire support unitUran-9 robots in Syria.
“All the presented weapons systems are in service with the Russian army orare in trial operation, most of the novelties have been tested in Syria,”the Russian Defence Ministry said about the weapons platforms which are tobe displayed during the Victory Parade on May 9. The weapons which will bepart of the parade include the robotic complexes Uran-6, a mine clearingvehicle, and Uran-9.
The Uran-9 is like a small tank with a 30mm cannon on a turret on top butwith no soldier inside to either drive it or fire the weapon. Just like aconventional tank, the Uran-9 too uses tracks.
According to RIA Novosti: “Uran-9 was created to protect personnel fromenemy’s fire. It has powerful weapons that can hit not only live force andlightly armored vehicles, but also tanks, as well as other highly protectedobjects. Uran-9 is built into the Unified Control System at the tacticallevel, and has protection from unauthorised access and electronic warfaremeans”.