Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #1

Akula971 wrote:Guys, whats the plan of action here ??

RuAF goes and bombs the shit out of ISIS and its allies. This is enough to destroy morale, equipment, CnC hubs. Pretty much everything in the said AO.

Creates enough leeway for SAA to mount an offensive ? Or do Russians spearhead an assault ?

The way i see it (i would request someone to post the latest map of territory held), ISIS 'strongpoints' are mostly rural far off areas. If RuAF does bomb these areas, in theory SAA can move out (if they have the men) and capture those first. Right now it seems that VVS is going after points closer to the current line of control of ISIS and SAA but maybe with time they'll go after those too ?

I just want to get an idea of what we should expect next. A solo air campaign never destroys an enemy. (thats my opinion). You need boots on the ground for clean up. I remember Kadyrov saying - I want my men to be the first boots on the ground - (which is good because they are experienced now, from Donbass.) Jokes aside, I doubt if SAA has the man power to carryout assaults.

George1 wrote:In video there are visible the bombs that Su-34 and Su-24 are carrying

sepheronx wrote:

Militarov wrote:"Militants Release Poster Offer 2 Million For Capturing A Russian Soldier":



Source: https://twitter.com/Terror_Monitor/status/649784093157167104

Well, they got a lot of work to do in order to get their personnel in the Russian/SAA controlled airport.

sepheronx wrote:

I would be interested in Iran ever decides to assist Russia in the bombings by providing some of their Su-22's (if they have not given all of them to Syria) and MiG's.  Both could use the same airfield.

sepheronx wrote:That is decent numbers.  Su-22's of course were pretty decent strike planes even for todays standards, especially upgraded.  They could hand over all of them to Syria and use Su-24's and F-5's as you have said it.  Maybe seek to upgrade them as well to newer standard of equipment.

But I do hope that Iran does.  If not, then I imagine they will act as the ground troops with Assad while Russia is pure airforce assistance.

sepheronx wrote:

Solncepek wrote:Senator John McCain reacted to Russia’s announcement that it had begun launching air strikes targeting ISIS militants in Syria by calling on the White House to arm Syrian rebels with weapons to shoot down Russian planes.

They got noting besides Stingers to give and those wont do f all.  Only on landing/launching.  And they are not even close enough to pull that off.  McCain is a real idiot and nutball.

But it is almost a guarantee that the rebels will end up with brand new Stingers or Iglas or Strela's, so Russia will have to be on full guard and ready to deal with such enemies.

Zivo wrote:

sepheronx wrote:

Solncepek wrote:Senator John McCain reacted to Russia’s announcement that it had begun launching air strikes targeting ISIS militants in Syria by calling on the White House to arm Syrian rebels with weapons to shoot down Russian planes.

They got noting besides Stingers to give and those wont do f all.  Only on landing/launching.  And they are not even close enough to pull that off.  McCain is a real idiot and nutball.

But it is almost a guarantee that the rebels will end up with brand new Stingers or Iglas or Strela's, so Russia will have to be on full guard and ready to deal with such enemies.

Even congress isn't stupid enough to send stingers. Igla's, maybe. However, if ISIS gets a hold of them and god forbid does something horrible, it'll be a real shitstorm. The US will be blamed.

Solncepek wrote:Senator John McCain reacted to Russia’s announcement that it had begun launching air strikes targeting ISIS militants in Syria by calling on the White House to arm Syrian rebels with weapons to shoot down Russian planes.

Erk wrote:

Solncepek wrote:Senator John McCain reacted to Russia’s announcement that it had begun launching air strikes targeting ISIS militants in Syria by calling on the White House to arm Syrian rebels with weapons to shoot down Russian planes.

Any credible news sources for that story? All I can find is Inforwars.