Recently, there has been a constant confrontation in the skies over central and eastern Syria, and it has intensified, and the fighters of the anti-terrorist coalition led by the United States and France have continued to patrol in Syria, and the density has increased significantly.
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The main reasons for this situation are: First, the Syrian government army and the Russian army have recently stepped up their strikes against rebels and terrorist forces in the Homs Desert and along the Euphrates River, so that the relationship between some factional forces attacked by Russia and Syria and the United States is confusing and reminiscent.
Second, the conjecture of the Western coalition may be due to the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and Russia should not want to further escalate the confrontation on the Syrian battlefield, so it is an opportunity to reshuffle the cards and strive for dominance in the Syrian battlefield.
In comparison with Syria's air power, Russia's deployed air force fighters are obviously at a disadvantage, compared with the "anti-terrorist coalition" led by the United States, and the US military has also made full use of the advantages of drones to deliberately squeeze and reduce the normal cruising range of the Russian Air Force over Syria.
For the U.S. military, using drones against manned aircraft of the Russian army, no matter in terms of efficiency, efficiency or cost, the United States has an advantage, and it is regarded as an "ingenious tactic".
On June 25, Major General Yuri Popov, spokesman for the Russian army in Syria, spoke: From 13:45 (Moscow time) to 13:53 that day, at an altitude of 7,000 to 8,000 meters, over the settlement of Essukhne in Syria's Homs province, the US MQ-9 "Reaper" drone belonging to the "international coalition against terrorism" and the Russian Su-34 front-line bomber were in an extremely dangerous proximity.
At that time, Su-34 aircraft were on patrol duty over Syria.
In fact, it turns out that this "dangerous approach" is equivalent to a "malicious collision". Major General Yuri Popov said that the Russian pilots, with their professional knowledge and super ability, took the necessary measures in time to safely avoid the accident.
Under normal circumstances, Russian fighter pilots simply cannot tolerate such malicious provocations and threats, so they have a variety of means to deal with low-flying US drones.
However, this time it was different, and the MQ-9 drone did not act alone. Behind it, there are six coalition fighter jets, including two F-15 fighters of the US military, two F-16 fighters, and two French Rafale fighters.
In this kind of joint battle, their deterrent intent can be said to be clearly visible: if you dare to fire, you will shoot it down immediately! If the Russian Su-34 fighter fires at the MQ-9 drone, then the six coalition fighters will immediately participate in the air confrontation, but the Su-34 fighter will be one against six, and it will be difficult to get out.