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    Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #11

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    Post  ultimatewarrior Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:12 pm

    Vann7 wrote:
    eehnie wrote:
    ultimatewarrior wrote:
    eehnie wrote:I do not see Russia interested in an international escalation of the war. In the current situation, Russia needs not to increase its presence in Syria. I only would expet to do it, if other countries increase their presence in Syria, as answer. At this point Israel (Golan), Turkey and the US are officially present in Syria, but not in enough amounts to defeat Syria, even not in enough amounts to sustain the front.


    And what happens when SAA runs out of tanks? There are millions of TOW missiles. There aren't millions of tanks. It is not in Russia's interest to drag out the war in Syria indefinitely. Stability in Syria is Russia's interest, not perpetual war. That would play into the hands of Israel and America.

    1.- Syria is still fighting with T-55 and T-62, and looking at the amounts available still, will not have shortage of them in years.
    2.- Syria also has man-portable Surface-Surface weapons. The Syrian opposition has today much bigger problems of shortage of tanks.
    3.- Stability in Syria is good for Russia with a friend gouvernment. Also stability in Syria is the best for the US and Israel, with a friend gouvernment. Both sides want stability, but the gouvernments they want are the opposite. Today Russia is closer to the success than the US and Israel, despite the TOW missiles.

    Almost majority of the tanks when hit by RPG or TOW missiles can be repaired.
    Only a minority ends completely destroyed when hits the ammo of the tank.

    How do they plug a hole? HEAT makes a hole in the tank.
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    Post  JohninMK Mon May 01, 2017 12:15 pm



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    Post  PapaDragon Mon May 01, 2017 2:30 pm


    Salt recommend but interesting if true:

    Russian troops enter Afrin canton: reports of an agreement between YPG and Russian troops to build a military base near the Turkish borders

    https://mobile.twitter.com/abdullahawez/status/858985549260107777

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    Post  calm Mon May 01, 2017 3:49 pm

    ^
    Yes, new deployment.
    They already have one base there.

    here - http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.584869&lon=36.947338&z=18&m=b&show=/36561679/SDF-Russian-Military-Base
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    Post  archangelski Mon May 01, 2017 4:37 pm

    A-50U in Syria ??

    https://twitter.com/SyrianMilitary/status/858677896239513601
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    Post  PapaDragon Mon May 01, 2017 5:03 pm

    archangelski wrote:A-50U in Syria ??

    https://twitter.com/SyrianMilitary/status/858677896239513601

    Yup, among other things, it helps with SAM's chasing cruise missiles beyond curvature of the Earth. And taking a peek into neighboring airspace.


    Also, Russian troops in Afrin today:
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    I kinda have a feeling like Russia and USA decided to split them in two and "share" Kurds...
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    Post  calm Mon May 01, 2017 7:42 pm

    geolocation of Russians today.

    10km from Ru base in Kafr Janneh(first Ru base in Afrin cantron)
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.635142&lon=37.027885&z=17&m=b&search=Hama
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    Post  JohninMK Mon May 01, 2017 7:59 pm

    calm wrote:geolocation of Russians today.

    10km from Ru base in Kafr Janneh(first Ru base in Afrin cantron)
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.635142&lon=37.027885&z=17&m=b&search=Hama

    Interesting location.
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    Post  JohninMK Mon May 01, 2017 9:33 pm

    NDF‏ @NatDefFor 1h1 hour ago

    Syrian Army and Russians took control of Kafrajna village in YPG held-Afrin & Russian base will be built in this village #NorthernAleppo
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    Post  PapaDragon Mon May 01, 2017 9:42 pm


    Some feel good news from Sputnik and an interesting move on language expansion

    Why Thousands of Syrians Pin Traditional Russian St. George's Ribbons

    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705011053169953-syrians-pin-st-george-ribbons/
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    Post  PapaDragon Tue May 02, 2017 2:53 am


    Anyone have status on those two Steregushi class corvettes that were last seen traversing the Channel?
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    Post  TheArmenian Tue May 02, 2017 10:52 am

    PapaDragon wrote:
    Anyone have status on those two Steregushi class corvettes that were last seen traversing the Channel?

    I believe they are going back.

    The rumors that they were being sent to the Mediterranean were false.
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    Post  JohninMK Tue May 02, 2017 4:01 pm

    Bit more on the A-50U deployment from Southfront. Probably one of the unintended consequences of the US Tomahawk strike.

    The Russian military has deployed the airborne early warning and control (AEW) aircraft to Syria. According to local sources, the AEW aircraft arrived the Hmeimim airbase in the town of Jableh few days after the US missile strike on the Al-Sha’irat airbase.

    The aircraft was identified as an upgraded version of the A-50U equipped with the Vega Shmel-M radar, capable of detect the launch of a missile or a fighter jet in the range of 650km. The detection range for ground targets is 300km. The A-50U can conduct command and control air operations, guide friendly fighters and track multiple enemy fighters at the same time. The aircraft can remain in the air for more than 9 hours, and has the ability to detect ground targets and ships.

    Last week, Sergey Rudskoy, Head of the Russian General Staff Main Operations Department, announced that Russia had deployed a multi-level control system in Syria that can control the entire Syrian airspace from the Hmeimim airbase.

    The deployment of the A-50U in Syria is believed to be aimed at improving the ability to detect hostile aircraft and missiles expanding the air defence capabilities of Russian forces. According to reports, the previous deployment of such a plane in Syria took place in 2015.
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    Post  PapaDragon Tue May 02, 2017 8:13 pm


    Afrin today, courtesy of Jihadi Julian:
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    Same place, Gorka cammo is catching on Cool
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    https://mobile.twitter.com/Dr_Partizan/status/859406664553910272
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    Post  PapaDragon Tue May 02, 2017 9:45 pm


    Russian military advisor killed in Syria

    http://tass.com/world/944288
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    Post  ultimatewarrior Tue May 02, 2017 11:15 pm

    PapaDragon wrote:
    Russian military advisor killed in Syria

    http://tass.com/world/944288

    RIP. This is all because of Putin's ceasefire fantasy. Had he not done ceasefire, the rebels be finished by now and no more Russian servicemen have to needlessly martyr.
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    Post  eehnie Tue May 02, 2017 11:36 pm

    ultimatewarrior wrote:
    PapaDragon wrote:
    Russian military advisor killed in Syria

    http://tass.com/world/944288

    RIP. This is all because of Putin's ceasefire fantasy. Had he not done ceasefire, the rebels be finished by now and no more Russian servicemen have to needlessly martyr.

    Fairly, out of touch.
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    Post  GarryB Wed May 03, 2017 11:22 am

    Half the people fighting on the side of the terrorists are doing so because they had no choice.

    Give them the choice to change sides and a good reason to fight and you increase your own ranks with people who can fight and deplete the enemies numbers and take away some of their power.

    Smart tactics... but only adults understand such tactics...
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    Post  auslander Wed May 03, 2017 4:48 pm

    By the same lad who did Cockcoo, My Open Hand Is Now A Fist for Novorossiya.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9D_jEOU1g
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    Post  par far Wed May 03, 2017 6:25 pm

    auslander wrote:By the same lad who did Cockcoo, My Open Hand Is Now A Fist for Novorossiya.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9D_jEOU1g


    Truly a masterpiece.

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    Post  KomissarBojanchev Wed May 03, 2017 8:44 pm

    GarryB wrote:Half the people fighting on the side of the terrorists are doing so because they had no choice.

    Give them the choice to change sides and a good reason to fight and you increase your own ranks with people who can fight and deplete the enemies numbers and take away some of their power.

    Smart tactics... but only adults understand such tactics...
    Bullshit. Syria is majority Sunni, and a huge portion of Syrian Sunnis are against Assad for religious or political reasons. The rebels are simply radicalized sunnis who have nothing to gain from being loyal to Assad. Even if they don't win any ground, they will always love to kill "Nusayri Rafidi and Christian dogs" and get Rewards and positive PR from the west and  and everlasting love from pro Israel Sunni powers. If they win, they get a Saudi Arabia of the levant, if they lose they get to live in opulence under Sultan Roach, the Jews, the Inbred Saudi fuckers, or if all else fails, live as rich refugees in multiculti Europe under Macron and Merkel.

    They deserve no forgiveness, and they don't want it.
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    Post  kvs Thu May 04, 2017 4:22 am

    auslander wrote:By the same lad who did Cockcoo, My Open Hand Is Now A Fist for Novorossiya.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9D_jEOU1g

    Censored by youtube.

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    Post  auslander Thu May 04, 2017 5:24 am

    kvs wrote:
    auslander wrote:By the same lad who did Cockcoo, My Open Hand Is Now A Fist for Novorossiya.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9D_jEOU1g

    Censored by youtube.


    That would figure. Might have another copy, I'll check.
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    Post  Karbafoz Thu May 04, 2017 10:39 am

    auslander wrote:
    kvs wrote:
    auslander wrote:By the same lad who did Cockcoo, My Open Hand Is Now A Fist for Novorossiya.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9D_jEOU1g
    Censored by youtube.
    That would figure. Might have another copy, I'll check.

    Here is a link to the same video in VK:

    https://vk.com/video-70187376_456239209
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