Russia deploys its newest spy plane to Syria

ADS-B data captured by Flightradar24 shows Russia has deployed its newest Tu-214R spy plane to Syria on Feb. 15.

Tupolev Tu-214R inflight
By Rimma Sadykova (http://russianplanes.net/id143163) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Tu-214R Syria

Converted from the Tu-214 airliner under Project 141, the spy plane is a SIGINT platform meant to replace the Il-20M.

The aircraft flew south from Kazan, over Caspian Sea, Iran and Iraq before landing in Syria.

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