{"id":4441,"date":"2018-11-19T23:46:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2018-11-19T23:46:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:46:37","slug":"russia-releases-first-official-video-of-su-57-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/11\/19\/russia-releases-first-official-video-of-su-57-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA RELEASES FIRST OFFICIAL VIDEO OF SU-57 IN SYRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source The Drive<\/p>\n

By Joseph Trevithick<\/p>\n

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released its first official video showing a pair of Su-57 stealth fighters during their bizarrely short deployment to Syria earlier in 2018.<\/p>\n

It’s as unclear as ever what the planes actually did in the two days or so that that they were there and whether they flew any actual strikes, but the threat of attacks on Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base may have cut the entire affair short.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry posted the video montage online on Nov. 19, 2018. The clips show the Su-57s landing and taking off from Khmeimim in Syria\u2019s western Latakia governorate, as well as in mid-air against solid blue skies with no discernible landmarks.<\/p>\n

The jets arrived in the country on or about Feb. 23, 2018, and were officially only there for two days, but we don’t know if this means approximately 48 hours in total, two nights, or some other exact length of time.<\/p>\n

Russia now says the aircraft together flew \u201cmore than 10 sorties\u201d in that time, which would average out to more than 2.5 sorties per plane, per day if the deployment period is accurate.<\/p>\n