France Ready to Strike Syria

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France ready to strike Syria... after the US has neutralized Assad's air defense network. :thumb:
 

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Then a new Syria out of ruins will be grateful and order Rafael?

France (Frankenstein)'d better open her door for Syrian refugees.



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Didn't wait in Libya, don't need to wait in Syria.

According to an analysis by the U.S. military's Joint Staff, Syrian air defenses are nearly five times more sophisticated than what existed in Libya before the NATO launched its air campaign there in 2011. Syrian air defenses are about 10 times more sophisticated than the system the U.S. and its allies faced in Serbia.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324059704578471453006383248.html
 

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Hell, even the Belgians flew sorties in Libya.
Rafale was the only aircraft to enter Libya before the TLAM strikes, your attempts to berate Rafale are a failure. Nothing Syria has can defeat SPECTRA, much less anything Gaddafi had.
 

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I think the Charles De Gaul has been dispatched to the Med. The AC is just out of the repairs. Wonder if the Russians have provided Syria with anti shipping missiles?
 

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Rafale was the only aircraft to enter Libya before the TLAM strikes, your attempts to berate Rafale are a failure. Nothing Syria has can defeat SPECTRA, much less anything Gaddafi had.
probably true.such mission will add another badge to rafale
 

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I think the Charles De Gaul has been dispatched to the Med. The AC is just out of the repairs. Wonder if the Russians have provided Syria with anti shipping missiles?
do you think that these ships come anywhere near to syria??no way
 

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I think the Charles De Gaul has been dispatched to the Med. The AC is just out of the repairs. Wonder if the Russians have provided Syria with anti shipping missiles?
Till this one is Not Confirmed By French Officials ..But Options are available

According to a source close to the defense minister, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will soon reach the "Mediterranean theater somewhere between Cyprus and Syria." The same source indicates that "the decision was made, even if it is not official yet."

It is presently docked and received no order," says Colonel Gilles Jarron, spokesman of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces who denies that such a decision has been taken
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to be sent to Syrian coast?
 

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I think the Charles De Gaul has been dispatched to the Med. The AC is just out of the repairs. Wonder if the Russians have provided Syria with anti shipping missiles?
CdG is still in Toulon but is preparing to make way. Russia recently provided Yakhont ASMs so Aster equipped escorts will be necessary for the French Battle Group.
 
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Russia would then strike something too.

They have their interest and also 13 or so ships in the Mediterranean.
 

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CdG is still in Toulon but is preparing to make way. Russia recently provided Yakhont ASMs so Aster equipped escorts will be necessary for the French Battle Group.
hope it doesnt happen, but if an ASM does do some damge to an AC, it will change a lot of perceptions regarding carriers as a force projector
 

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Rafale was the only aircraft to enter Libya before the TLAM strikes, your attempts to berate Rafale are a failure.

On the other side it must be noted that, according to the most informed sources, any SAM sites in the Benghazi area are not believed to be operational and, MANPADs aside, real threats to the French fighters were extremely limited in that area. For this reason, without much trouble a French attack plane (Mirage 2000D or Rafale) fired the first shot of Operation Odyssey Dawn at 14.45Z (using either a GBU-12 laser guided bomb or a AASM air-to-ground guided weapon).
The Aviationist » Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 1)

In other words the French show at the opening of the NATO attack on Libya was not so spectacular considering the low level of air defense threats in Bengazi.
 

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