Article de la revue militaire britannique IHS Jane’s sur la base militaire russe à Palmyre.
Evoquée déjà à partir des images de l’AFP ici : ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/486728 (et le commentaire d’@simplicissimus sur le matériel observé)
Russia sets up Palmyra base
IHS Jane’s 360 / 10.05.16
▻http://www.janes.com/article/60102/russia-sets-up-palmyra-base
Russian ground forces have set up a forward operating base in the central Syrian city of Tadmur, the home of the ancient ruins of Palmyra, and installed an air-defence system to protect the site.
A video released by the AFP news agency on 7 May showed the Russian base has been built just to the west of the city, with Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle less than 1.5 km further to the west, and the ruins to the south.
The base is secured by a high chain-link fence topped with razor wire and has prefabricated container buildings, large tents for equipment maintenance, a field kitchen, and satellite communications dishes. A Russian flag could be seen flying inside the base.
A Pantsyr-S1 air-defence system was seen in the footage as well as at least three BTR-82A and three BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers (APCs), suggesting a Russian combat unit has been deployed to the base. [...]
Video footage has shown formations of between three and seven Russian attack helicopters launching strikes along this road in a bid to break the siege of Dayr al-Zawr city.