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Photo: YouTube UPD: Dear friends, the original article contained a mistake. This is the AK-103 assault rifle (a derivative of the AK-74M chambered for the 7.62×39mm M43 round). Thank you all for the feedback. Units of the Russian Special Forces, operating in Syria , are armed with the most modern small arms, the AK-74M3 Kalashnikov assault rifles. The AK-74M3 was captured on a video, showing actions of the Russian Special Operations Forces in the area of Palmyra. The video was filmed by videographers of the Center for Special Assignments of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The one-and-a-half-minute video includes scenes of destruction of terrorists’ infantry and vehicles, equipped with weapons, hitting of a bomb-laden vehicle with a guided missile, fired from a portable system, support for a ground operation, provided by attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces , inspection and demining of facilities, cleared of terrorists. Attention of military experts w...

China has begun to develop stealth long-endurance and high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles. Photo: AP / Ng Han Guan China has started to develop a military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), using a technology of the radar-location stealthiness, as well as a drone for flights in the close near-Earth space, the China Daily newspaper reported on Thursday, citing Vice President of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), Wei Yiyin. According to the newspaper, the CASIC, the country’s main spacecraft, rocket and missile manufacturer, has already started to work on the project. Reportedly, the promising stealth military drones will be capable to evade any radars and air defense systems. According to Wei, a current five-year plan of China also includes the development of high speed combat and reconnaissance drones, as well as selling of them on the global market. “As military reforms are drastically changing armed forces around the world, drones have become an indispens...