Russia says it has deployed its Uran-9 robotic tank to Syria - here's what it can do
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May 15, 2018, 19:52 IST
Developed by Russian state-owned Rosoboronexport, the Uran-9 was first unveiled in September 2016.
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Powered by a diesel-electric motor, it has a top speed of about 22 mph on highways and about 6 mph on off-road conditions.
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The Uran-9 is controlled from an operator in a mobile vehicle (no more than 1.8 miles away) who can either manually control it or set it on a pre-programmed path.
It's also equipped with a variety of sensors, laser warning systems, thermal and electro-optic cameras.
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It's armed with four 9M120-1 Ataka anti-tank guided missile launchers, six 93 millimeter-caliber rocket-propelled Shmel-M reactive flamethrowers, one 30-millimeter 2A72 automatic cannon and one 7.62-millimeter coaxial machine gun.
Here's a view from the automatic turret, which can detect and acquire targets on its own up to about four miles away during the day. The operator, however, controls the firing.
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But perhaps more consequential than what it is armed with is the fact that it is armed.