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NEWS Russia building barracks at Syrian airport
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Better.
The public/commercial realtime sat images are high credibility - and merge that with public Mode S/ADS-B flight tracking, there are a lot of amateur analysts putting together the puzzle pieces in credible form. The Russians are using AN-124 cargo flights to escort division sized elements of SU-30, SU-25, SU-24, etc.
David Cenciotti's blog The Aviationist is a great example of open source reporting/analysis.
28 Russian offensive aircraft on the ground at Latakia, Syria. Thats a heck of an expeditionary air wing they are deploying ...
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/obama-putin-talks-frosty-start-u-n-n435261
Welp. "Jaw, jaw" is still better than "war, war."
Welp. "Jaw, jaw" is still better than "war, war."
After what's being reported today, and State/Pentagon/White house, aren't disputing it, you may be right about this.OK you're probably rightThe adults are talking deconfliction - I get it. Putin is now in the East Med bare chested on a camel, Assad is wiping out his own people - my head goes back to the Band of Brothers episode "why we fight". Emotional vs analytical response. I definitely did not graduate from the Kennedy School.
Pop Quiz. Who said it? Vladimir Putin or President Obama....?
"There is no other solution to the....crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism."*
*Yeah, yeah, yeah. I realize context matters
In related news... Looks like a job's opening up at the Pentagon.
"There is no other solution to the....crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism."*
*Yeah, yeah, yeah. I realize context matters
In related news... Looks like a job's opening up at the Pentagon.
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I worked with DASD Farkas a few times. Well respected in the building and in the WH, but in the grand scheme, describing a DASD as the Pentagon's "top Russia official" is a bit of a stretch. That said, probably a lot of overtime in her office right now, so I don't blame her for bailing.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015...sis-syria-turkey-russia-idUSKCN0RZ0FT20151005
Hrm. MiG-29 goes Hot Dog Red and gets locked up by Turkish SAMs. Turkish F-16s claim they got spiked by another MiG-29. What are all those things you're NOT supposed to when flying near a sensitive border?
Hrm. MiG-29 goes Hot Dog Red and gets locked up by Turkish SAMs. Turkish F-16s claim they got spiked by another MiG-29. What are all those things you're NOT supposed to when flying near a sensitive border?
I didn't see those among Russian aircraft deployed to Syria.
Could be Syrian.
Exactly.
Though with this story I am not sure about the reporting, the Turks know the difference between a MiG and a Sukhoi and what Russia deployed to Syria so I would not be surprised if the news was wrong with the type of aircraft (shocking, I know....).
Could also potentially be Russian, their fighter/attack jets have apparently been shadowing the "humanitarian" cargo flights down, transponder off, to travel incognito. So there could be -29s there hidden from view that we don't know about.
I would doubt it, there has been a great deal of publicity about the deployment including from the Russians themselves, RT has even reported from the flightline at the base they are flying out of. Not only that but the MiG-29 has very short legs and little in the way of ground-attack capability, especially when compared to the other aircraft the Russians have deployed. All that is why I am doubtful of the news report's details.