http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/12/obama-warns-russia-against-aiding-assad-regime/
Personally, I DON’T see why Putin is so anxious to be involved in these foreign entanglements.
1. Should or will the coalition cooperate?
2. Should the coalition stand down and let Putins nose be bloodied.
3. If months of airstrikes could not dislodge ISiS, why does Putin think his tacair will matter.
I don’t see the Russians end game here short of Chechnya style destruction. Discuss
By: haavarla - 29th December 2017 at 11:21
https://www.rt.com/news/414531-turkey-russia-s400-deal/
So its done.
Turkey will start receiving S-400 in 2019
By: Austin - 28th December 2017 at 10:56
[B]Putin named the number of Russians who fought in Syria[/B
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/10991798.shtml
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that more than 48,000 Russian servicemen participated in the antiterrorist operation in Syria, Interfax reports .
“Over two and a half years more than 48,000 of our officers and soldiers took part in the operation in Syria,” Putin said at the ceremony of awarding Russian servicemen who participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria.
According to him, “these are representatives of virtually all military professions: pilots and sailors, servicemen of special forces and military police, sappers, scouts, signalmen, medical service specialists, officers of government bodies”.
“You are worthy,” perfectly “performed the most difficult tasks on the Syrian land and returned to their homeland, their relatives and friends,” Putin concluded.
Earlier, the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia General of the Army Valery Gerasimov called the main task of the Russian army in Syria for 2018.
By: JSR - 27th December 2017 at 04:58
why make such statement unless its for entertainment and sarcasm.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201712271060341967-usa-syria-base-blocked/
US Base in At Tanf Fully Blocked by Syrian Troops
By: KGB - 25th December 2017 at 05:21
^That’s quite the academy holy sh**
By: haavarla - 25th December 2017 at 01:00
https://www.rt.com/news/414107-putin-military-ai-hint/
Not at all surprised. But it is interesting to see how the minds of Russia’s military brand works. Especially about their ordeals in Syria.
By: Flyboy77 - 23rd December 2017 at 04:53
Not sure if this has been posted before. Mi-28NM engaging ISIS tanks.
By: MSphere - 21st December 2017 at 16:09
SyAAF MiG-29SM armed with RVV-AE
By: TR1 - 15th December 2017 at 04:24
Hmm, seems like more pull-out movement then I expected:
Su-34s:
A-50:
Su-35:
Ground assets:
By: haavarla - 14th December 2017 at 21:09
Oktober 2016.. ?
Even better, the E-3 did not detect the Flanker.
By: OooShiny - 14th December 2017 at 20:37
Su-35 failed to detect latest US stealth aircraft… E-3 Sentry.
US aircraft may need to switch on lights at night in Syria so they can be detected.
By: Austin - 14th December 2017 at 18:10
US F-22s Fire Warning Flares At Russian Su-25 Jets In Near Incident Over Syria
By: sepheronx - 13th December 2017 at 16:08
Looks like MiG-29’s aren’t staying: https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/940970838211170305
By: JSR - 13th December 2017 at 15:31
They are going to increase the naval port.
http://tass.com/defense/980640
By: Austin - 13th December 2017 at 06:32
Troops will be thinned and will be in defensive formation in numbers and assets and Military Police will come in from next year likely from CSTO countries too
By: haavarla - 12th December 2017 at 23:22
Oh its a political twist by Putin allright. Election year. Gotto milk this thing.
I think the Engineer core will be as occupied as ever.
Probably fixing other bases, Airbases. Thinking DEZZOR is a strategical spot.
By: MSphere - 12th December 2017 at 22:51
There is no real withdrawal, methinks.. not yet.. Just Putin using Christmas rotation masquerading as a sign of victory before the next presidential elections..
After the elections, more troops shall be redeployed back to Syria.. My 0.02..
By: sepheronx - 12th December 2017 at 22:34
Do we know what is staying in Syria? The media makes it sound like all assets and people are leaving but on kremlin.ru they specifically state that the airbase and Navy base will still be manned, armed and used.
By: Austin - 12th December 2017 at 12:35
The End of Russian Military Operation in Syria
By: haavarla - 12th December 2017 at 07:45
The big man seems interested indeed.
By: JSR - 12th December 2017 at 06:34
Proves my point , Russian president only travel on IL-96-300PU , its very unusual he travelled on Ty-214PU for such long flight.
The flight is not so long considering Tu-214 range. but in Middleast flying in smaller plane is very bad for optics. it is like trying to save money.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/russian-president-takes-first-flight-in-new-tu-214pu-349498/
This extended-range aircraft, dubbed the Dalnii version, feature improved onboard systems, larger fuel tanks and a range of up to 10,500km (5,680nm). The Russian government has placed an order for over a dozen Tu-214Ds tailored to specific missions.
but he already turn around it with statement. I am sure they are building next generation bombs
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/56351
And if the terrorists raise their heads again, we will strike them with such blows, which they have not yet seen.
The problem until this point is Russia hasnt created the LNG/transport infrastructure in East that can benefit from high prices immediately if it chose to escalate in real and enforce no fly zones. any such escalation will benefit other producers or sink other economies. so there is a year or two left.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-silkroad-russia-pipelines/china-to-complete-russia-oil-gas-pipeline-sections-by-end-2018-vice-governor-idUSKBN18819I
China to complete Russia oil, gas pipeline sections by end-2018: vice governor
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