{"id":16436,"date":"2018-05-07T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/07\/russia-confirms-its-armed-robot-tank-was-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:35:40","slug":"russia-confirms-its-armed-robot-tank-was-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/05\/07\/russia-confirms-its-armed-robot-tank-was-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia confirms its armed robot tank was in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Russia shows off equipment at this year\u2019s annual victory parade, included in that number will be an armed robot that Russia claims saw action in Syria. The Uran-9 looks like a tank in miniature \u2015 30mm cannon on a turret on top of a small tracked body. But unlike the armored beasts of war seen on battlefields for over a century, there\u2019s no human nestled inside. And, according to statements published today in Russia\u2019s state-owned RIA Novosti, Deputy Minister of Defense Yuriy Borisov confirmed that the country tested Uran-9 robots in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is where it gets interesting. The exact RIA quote is as follows: \u2018\u0412 \u0432\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0432\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0435\u0431\u044f \u0432 \u0421\u0438\u0440\u0438\u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u044b \u2018\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043d-6\u2019, \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438, \u0438 \u2018\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043d-9\u2019 \u2014 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0444\u0443\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u044b \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0434\u043a\u0438 \u0438 \u043e\u0433\u043d\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u044f\u2019,\u201d says Samuel Bendett, a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses. \u201cVerbatim translation: The defense ministry announced that the robotic Uran-6 complexes designed for mine clearance were well-proven in Syria, as well as Uran-9 multifunctional reconnaissance and fire support system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/electronic-warfare\/2018\/05\/01\/the-marines-are-preparing-for-russias-eye-opener-threats\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/electronic-warfare.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian threat is an \u2018eye opener\u2019 for Marines<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Observations of advanced electronic warfare capabilities have confirmed that Marine Corps forces will have to operate in degraded environments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russiandefence.com\/mine-clearing-robot-and-jammer-spotted-in-syria\/\">observers<\/a> have written about the Uran-6 mine-clearing robot in Syria, and Russian media has even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1EhPBDAFLpE\">released video<\/a> of the Uran-6 in action, the Uran-9 would be an altogether different phenomenon. Bendett says that, is all his time following Russia\u2019s use of robots in Syria, there was only a single instance that purported to be the Uran-9, an instance that under further scrutiny was revealed to be not the robot, but a blurry photograph of a souped-up Soviet battle tank, the T-55 MBT, in Syrian government hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn reality, Uran-9 tests in Syria should have garnered major attention from all major Russian news outlets, given how proud Russian are of their remote-controlled tank,\u201d says Bendett. \u201cStill, such tests may have taken place in secret \u2013 the way Russians supposedly tested Soratnik UGV in \u2018near-combat conditions.\u2019 Such \u2018conditions\u2019 may or may not have referred to Syria proper, although officially <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/985821\">Russians announced<\/a> tests at temperatures exceeding +30 Celsius, which many thought means Syria. Such tests may in fact have taken place in Russia\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryn_Desert\">Ryn Desert<\/a> &#8211; we tend to forget that Russia actually has a real desert near Kazakh border, on the Caspian Sea shore, with extreme heat of up to +45 Celsius.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/opinion\/2018\/05\/04\/what-dod-can-learn-from-kylo-rens-lightsaber\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-501957346.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What DoD can learn from this Star Wars lightsaber<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In film and on the battlefield, in fiction and in real life, the most effective designs express a clear preference for thrift and simplicity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement from Borisov is clearer about the theater in which the robot was tested, but doesn\u2019t resolve any of the questions about why no observers have spotted the Uran-9 yet, and why Russian media itself hasn\u2019t heralded the fighting power of the robot. Indeed, when it comes to listing the capabilities of the machine, RIA is upfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to MOD as quoted in that RIA NOVOSTI article\u201d, Bendett translates, \u201c\u2019Uran-9\u2019 was created to protect personnel from enemy\u2019s fire. It has powerful weapons that can hit not only live force and lightly armored vehicles, but also tanks, as well as other highly protected objects. Uran-9 is built into the Unified Control System at the tactical level, and has protection from unauthorized access and electronic warfare means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact nature of the armament here is less interesting than the fact that the Uran-9 is armed. How armed robots are fielded and controlled is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2018\/04\/30\/five-questions-on-autonomous-weapons-and-the-future-of-war\/\">question for the future<\/a> and a pressing concern on battlefields today. If the control is at the tactical level, what rank does that put the person operating it? Are they directing the Uran-9 by waypoints on a tablet or steering it remotely, with a person constantly responsible for its every movement. What kind of communications is it relaying back to the person operating (supervising?) it? Is it making targeting decisions on its own, and then checking in with a human before firing? Just how protected from unauthorized access can a robot be when it\u2019s controlled in-theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And finally: if the Uran-9 is in fact in Syria, why hasn\u2019t it been seen in combat yet, and what is Russia learning from the experience? Syria is <a href=\"http:\/\/bobrowen.com\/nymas\/soviet_tank_operations_in_the_sp.htm\">hardly the first civil war<\/a> to be used as a testing ground for new weapons of war, and how those lessons are interpreted can have far-reaching ramifications for entire families of technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to statements published today in Russia\u2019s state-owned RIA Novosti, Deputy Minister of Defense Yuriy Borisov confirmed that the country tested its Uran-9 robots in Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":46,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,46,11,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3144],"class_list":["post-16436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-europe","category-global","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"HTT445Q3LJCTZK6BPX47MJRTLY","arc_canonical_url":"\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/07\/russia-confirms-its-armed-robot-tank-was-in-syria\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia confirms its armed robot tank was in Syria - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to statements published today in Russia\u2019s state-owned RIA Novosti, Deputy Minister of Defense Yuriy Borisov confirmed that the country tested its Uran-9 robots in Syria.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia confirms its armed robot tank was in Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to statements published today in Russia\u2019s state-owned RIA Novosti, Deputy Minister of Defense Yuriy Borisov confirmed that the country tested its Uran-9 robots in Syria.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/05\/07\/russia-confirms-its-armed-robot-tank-was-in-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-07T22:27:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T17:35:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelsey D. 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