Combat unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of striking enemy positions with high-precision projectiles, will enter service with Russia’s Aerospace Forces next year, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s Aerospace Forces Lt. Gen. Sergei Dronov said. This reported by TASS.

"Next year, the troops will start receiving multi-purpose long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, capable not only of conducting aerial survey but also of striking enemy facilities with high-precision projectiles," Dronov said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

In his words, the Russian troops currently have in service unmanned aerial vehicles of short and medium range.

According to Dronov, the use of combat unmanned aerial vehicles in Syria demonstrated their capacity to carry out high-precision strikes.

"The efficiency of unmanned aviation was confirmed during a special operation in the Syrian Arab Republic. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles ensured high-precision strikes to facilities of illegal armed groups," the Russian military official said.

He went on to say that the extensive use of drones will help to reduce losses among the personnel.

In his words, the UAV fleet is used to solve a wide range of tasks (surveillance, attack, transportation and others), to boost the capacities of manned aircraft or in situations when the use of manned aircraft is limited or less efficient.

During the development of UAVs, special attention is paid to integrating them into a single system with manned aircraft, Dronov added.