SurgicalStrike
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another excuse for US and it allies to ruin Syria !!
US Invasion of Syria has started!
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Russian S-400 range.
Shayrat airbase location.
Are the Russians selling us their junk stuff again?
Shayrat airbase location.
Are the Russians selling us their junk stuff again?
lcafanboy
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Kremlin: Risk of US-Russia collision in Syria 'significantly increased'
By James Griffiths, CNN Updated 1608 GMT (0008 HKT) April 7, 2017
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that it plans to bolster and increase the effectiveness of the air defense system in Syria following the attack.
"In order to protect the most sensitive objects of the Syrian infrastructure, a system of measures to bolster and increase the effectiveness of the Syrian armed forces' air defense systems will be implemented," ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement carried on state media.
Russia earlier announced it would suspend an October 2015 agreement aimed at minimizing risks of in-flight incidents between Russian and US-led-coalition aircraft.
The risk of a direct collision between the US and Russia in Syria had "significantly increased" since the US missile strike, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
In a regular call with reporters, Peskov added that it was "indisputable" that the US airstrike on Syria "was carried out for the benefit of ISIS and other terrorist organizations."
US President Donald Trump ordered the strike against the airbase from which a chemical weapons attack was launched earlier this week, US officials said.
In an earlier statement, the Kremlin said Syria "has no chemical weapons," pointing to reports by UN inspectors.
"Vladimir Putin believes that complete disregard for factual information about the use by terrorists of chemical weapons drastically aggravates the situation," it said in a statement.
"This move by Washington has dealt a serious blow to Russian-US relations, which are already in a poor state."
The Kremlin added that Putin sees the latest US military action as "an attempt to distract from the mounting civilian casualties in Iraq."
Russia is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's most powerful ally and has provided the military might behind his continuing grip on the country, which plunged into civil war six years ago.
No deal
The strike dashed any hopes for a US-Russia anti-terror coalition in Syria, Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev, who heads the Federation Council's international affairs committee, said.
"And it started so well, what a shame," he wrote Friday on Facebook.
Full coverage
"In one way or another, Russian cruise missiles continue to strike terrorists, and American ones strike government forces which, in fact, lead the war against terrorists."
He continued: "I'm afraid that given such an approach, the desired Russian-American anti-terrorist coalition in Syria, so often talked about since Trump rose to power, will repose in the Lord before it has the chance to be born."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday that Russia would suspend the 2015 agreement aimed at minimizing risks of in-flight incidents.
"US actions further destroy Russia-US relations," she added. "If earlier it was explained using the need to fight against terrorism, now it's an obvious act of aggression against the sovereign state of Syria."
The airstrikes "are an immensely dangerous episode in the relationship between Russia and the United States, not least because they potentially bring into contact Russian forces who are on the ground in Syria and the US forces," Matthew Chance, CNN's senior international correspondent based in Moscow, said.
Russia was warned of the attack before it took place, in accordance with deconfliction policies between the US and Russia over military activities in Syria.
Nevertheless, Chance pointed out, Russia did not choose to use surface-to-air missiles systems in place in Syria that are "fully capable of intercepting cruise missiles if they so choose to."
"(This) implies a degree of tacit Russian consent to the strikes," Chance said.
warned the US against making any "snap judgments" regarding the chemical weapons attack, which struck a rebel-held town Tuesday in Syria's Idlib province.
Russia has attempted to negotiate ceasefires in Syria, and in January began withdrawing some military forces from the conflict area.
Support from Russian airstrikes for Syrian regime forces have been crucial in helping them to gain the upper hand in the long-running conflict and pushing rebel fighters from the key city of Aleppo in December.
But Russia's next moves are uncertain, and prior to the US action, Putin had made it clear he expected Russian involvement to wind down.
The Kremlin has worked closely with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an enemy of Assad, to negotiate ceasefires and bring about a potential diplomatic solution to the conflict.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/07/politics/russia-us-syria-strike/
By James Griffiths, CNN Updated 1608 GMT (0008 HKT) April 7, 2017
US strike against a Syrian government airbase as "aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law."
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that it plans to bolster and increase the effectiveness of the air defense system in Syria following the attack.
"In order to protect the most sensitive objects of the Syrian infrastructure, a system of measures to bolster and increase the effectiveness of the Syrian armed forces' air defense systems will be implemented," ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement carried on state media.
Russia earlier announced it would suspend an October 2015 agreement aimed at minimizing risks of in-flight incidents between Russian and US-led-coalition aircraft.
The risk of a direct collision between the US and Russia in Syria had "significantly increased" since the US missile strike, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
In a regular call with reporters, Peskov added that it was "indisputable" that the US airstrike on Syria "was carried out for the benefit of ISIS and other terrorist organizations."
US President Donald Trump ordered the strike against the airbase from which a chemical weapons attack was launched earlier this week, US officials said.
In an earlier statement, the Kremlin said Syria "has no chemical weapons," pointing to reports by UN inspectors.
"Vladimir Putin believes that complete disregard for factual information about the use by terrorists of chemical weapons drastically aggravates the situation," it said in a statement.
"This move by Washington has dealt a serious blow to Russian-US relations, which are already in a poor state."
The Kremlin added that Putin sees the latest US military action as "an attempt to distract from the mounting civilian casualties in Iraq."
Russia is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's most powerful ally and has provided the military might behind his continuing grip on the country, which plunged into civil war six years ago.
No deal
The strike dashed any hopes for a US-Russia anti-terror coalition in Syria, Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev, who heads the Federation Council's international affairs committee, said.
"And it started so well, what a shame," he wrote Friday on Facebook.
Full coverage
"In one way or another, Russian cruise missiles continue to strike terrorists, and American ones strike government forces which, in fact, lead the war against terrorists."
He continued: "I'm afraid that given such an approach, the desired Russian-American anti-terrorist coalition in Syria, so often talked about since Trump rose to power, will repose in the Lord before it has the chance to be born."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday that Russia would suspend the 2015 agreement aimed at minimizing risks of in-flight incidents.
"US actions further destroy Russia-US relations," she added. "If earlier it was explained using the need to fight against terrorism, now it's an obvious act of aggression against the sovereign state of Syria."
The airstrikes "are an immensely dangerous episode in the relationship between Russia and the United States, not least because they potentially bring into contact Russian forces who are on the ground in Syria and the US forces," Matthew Chance, CNN's senior international correspondent based in Moscow, said.
Russia was warned of the attack before it took place, in accordance with deconfliction policies between the US and Russia over military activities in Syria.
Nevertheless, Chance pointed out, Russia did not choose to use surface-to-air missiles systems in place in Syria that are "fully capable of intercepting cruise missiles if they so choose to."
"(This) implies a degree of tacit Russian consent to the strikes," Chance said.
Russia has attempted to negotiate ceasefires in Syria, and in January began withdrawing some military forces from the conflict area.
Support from Russian airstrikes for Syrian regime forces have been crucial in helping them to gain the upper hand in the long-running conflict and pushing rebel fighters from the key city of Aleppo in December.
But Russia's next moves are uncertain, and prior to the US action, Putin had made it clear he expected Russian involvement to wind down.
The Kremlin has worked closely with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an enemy of Assad, to negotiate ceasefires and bring about a potential diplomatic solution to the conflict.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/07/politics/russia-us-syria-strike/
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Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes
By Lucas Tomlinson
Published April 07, 2017
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A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.
The Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494, crossed through the Bosphorus Strait “a few hours ago” from the Black Sea, according to a U.S. defense official.
WORLD REACTS TO MISSILE STRIKES
The Russian warship is now in the eastern Mediterranean steaming in the direction of the U.S. warships.
The Admiral Grigorovich is armed with advanced Kalibr cruise missiles.
TRUMP SAYS MILITARY ACTION IN ‘VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST’
Also Friday, one of the American destroyers that launched the missiles into Syria started heading to an undisclosed location to rearm.
The U.S. struck a Syrian airbase in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, including infants and small children, military officials said.
The frigate was bound for the Syrian port of Tartus on a routine voyage, the Russian news agency TASS reported Friday, citing a military-diplomatic source.
"The Russian ship armed with cruise missiles Kalibr will visit the logistics base in Tartus, Syria," the source said.
The ship was near the Black Sea straits, Tass reported. It left on a voyage after stopping at Novorossiisk for supplies and taking part in a joint exercise with Turkish ships in the Black Sea.
Lucas Tomlinson is the Pentagon and State Department producer for Fox News Channel. You can follow him on Twitter: @LucasFoxNews
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...estroyers-that-launched-syria-airstrikes.html
By Lucas Tomlinson
Published April 07, 2017
FoxNews.com
Facebook Twitter livefyre Email Print
A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.
The Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494, crossed through the Bosphorus Strait “a few hours ago” from the Black Sea, according to a U.S. defense official.
WORLD REACTS TO MISSILE STRIKES
The Russian warship is now in the eastern Mediterranean steaming in the direction of the U.S. warships.
The Admiral Grigorovich is armed with advanced Kalibr cruise missiles.
TRUMP SAYS MILITARY ACTION IN ‘VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST’
Also Friday, one of the American destroyers that launched the missiles into Syria started heading to an undisclosed location to rearm.
The U.S. struck a Syrian airbase in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, including infants and small children, military officials said.
The frigate was bound for the Syrian port of Tartus on a routine voyage, the Russian news agency TASS reported Friday, citing a military-diplomatic source.
"The Russian ship armed with cruise missiles Kalibr will visit the logistics base in Tartus, Syria," the source said.
The ship was near the Black Sea straits, Tass reported. It left on a voyage after stopping at Novorossiisk for supplies and taking part in a joint exercise with Turkish ships in the Black Sea.
Lucas Tomlinson is the Pentagon and State Department producer for Fox News Channel. You can follow him on Twitter: @LucasFoxNews
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...estroyers-that-launched-syria-airstrikes.html
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Airfield destruction.
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All of this is a win - win for both sides. Trump destroys left's Russian puppet agenda and Putin gets to strongarm Assad who comes running to him seeing that he is not as powerful as previously thought of. Down the line Russia and US will tackle ISIS in Syria and Iraq respectively, keeping their puppets alive and well there.
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So where are all those impotent, coward nations who has no guts to even ask "whats the proof that Assad Govt. did this chemical attack" Why it has to be only Russia's burden to confront neocon warmongers ?Rest of the 170 nations...who are spineless, fearful cowards ...don't have the courage to ask..Donald the narcissist to ask "whats the proof Assad Govt did it" "why you were so quick to attack Syria/...Is it because you feared that people will find out that it was terrorists who were hoarding chemical weapons in warehouse to be used against Syrian Nation.
I am ashamed of these coward countries esp China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia etc who are too weak to even open their mouth. My advice to these nations is throw all your weapons in the ocean..and be slaves to the warmongers who are so adept at misleading and brainwashing Gullible American people thru their proganda machines called media.
I am ashamed of these coward countries esp China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia etc who are too weak to even open their mouth. My advice to these nations is throw all your weapons in the ocean..and be slaves to the warmongers who are so adept at misleading and brainwashing Gullible American people thru their proganda machines called media.
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In syria all side allow each other to run the war as they like it as long as they don't target the other guy. This is done to avoid a confrontation
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23 out of 59 is 39% success rate.
Is it true or just propaganda?
Also, is it possible the Russians used their S-300 or S-400 to intercept a few, or is it that the US knew about the deficiencies of the Tomahawk and therefore fired a massive number?
Is it true or just propaganda?
Also, is it possible the Russians used their S-300 or S-400 to intercept a few, or is it that the US knew about the deficiencies of the Tomahawk and therefore fired a massive number?
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It is kinda weird that only less than 50% of the tomahawks hit.
And in the above pics the runways seem pretty much intact.
Vinod DX9
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Sir, I guess that was 9M96E series with less than 50 km range.
