MOSCOW, April 27 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. Intercepted in Syria and delivered to Moscow, American cruise missiles are waiting for "fate is worse than death," writes Popular Mechanics.

On the eve of the Defense Ministry, it presented fragments of missiles launched by the United States, Britain and France on Syria on April 14. Among the shown military equipment was "Tomahawk", which did not reach the target because of a breakdown. Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoy said that the data obtained during the study of missiles could be used to improve Russian weapons.

Experts Popular Mechanics tried to predict the fate of intercepted technology. At the same time, they noticed that the statement of the Russian department can not be taken "at face value".

According to the editors, the real value of captured missiles lies in the fact that, having studied the weapons of the enemy, Moscow can learn how to destroy it.

"There are some pieces of military equipment in a modern missile that a smart enemy can use for their own purposes," the article says.

As reported by Popular Mechanics, captured missiles will act as "guinea pigs." Usually, with the help of a test stand, the commands of the missile guidance system are studied.

"This first assessment is only the beginning of a long" death "of a captive missile," the publication writes.

Further testing and testing can continue for many years and, eventually, lead to a "suicidal death" of the rocket.

"An uninterrupted duel between American and Russian developers of military equipment will continue, as well as real nightmares of captured guided missiles," the experts concluded.

Link: https://ria.ru/syria/20180427/1519582782.html