broncepulido Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 "Dozens of Russian Generales" killed in car bomb attack near Latakia: Quote
broncepulido Posted February 25, 2016 Report Posted February 25, 2016 Missing link (true?): http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Dozens-of-Russian-generals-in-Syria-killed-after-a-car-bomb-hits-their-military-base-445975 Quote
kcdusk Posted February 27, 2016 Report Posted February 27, 2016 Is it true that Russia and the USA are supporting (via equipment?) opposite sides in Syria? Quote
Silent Hunter UK Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 Is it true that Russia and the USA are supporting (via equipment?) opposite sides in Syria? Well, yes basically. The US are supporting anti-Assad forces and the Russians are backing Assad... then there's Daesh who is fighting all of them. It's one confusing war. Quote
CV32 Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Posted March 1, 2016 Yes, its a total quagmire. Throw in the Turks and the Kurds, and their mutual animosity, together with the fact that the myriad 'rebel' groups tend to act in their own best interests and don't necessarily share compatible ideology, and well, its probably one of the worst possible places for a peace loving civilian to find themselves these days. Quote
kcdusk Posted March 2, 2016 Report Posted March 2, 2016 I missed some of the subtles then. I thought Russia intervened "on the USA side", but then more recent reading made me think they hoped the "other" side won. But yeah, to many sides for me to keep up. Quote
CV32 Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Posted March 18, 2016 Russian Mi-28N (NATO Havoc) and Ka-52 (NATO Hokum B ) attack helicopters appear to have arrived in Syria just as some of the fixed wing strike contingent was leaving. Interesting development ... Quote
Silent Hunter UK Posted March 25, 2016 Report Posted March 25, 2016 Russian Mi-28N (NATO Havoc) and Ka-52 (NATO Hokum B ) attack helicopters appear to have arrived in Syria just as some of the fixed wing strike contingent was leaving. Interesting development ... They're still going after Daesh, so not that surprising. Quote
CV32 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Posted March 26, 2016 Russian Mi-28N (NATO Havoc) and Ka-52 (NATO Hokum B ) attack helicopters appear to have arrived in Syria just as some of the fixed wing strike contingent was leaving. Interesting development ... They're still going after Daesh, so not that surprising. They've never been going after Daesh (as such), but rather after any and all groups that posed a threat to Assad. But in any case, that wasn't my point. The Mi-24s were active previously, with no Mi-28s or Ka-52s in sight. And now they've shown up. Quote
CV32 Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Posted March 31, 2016 On the Russian Tank Damaged by a US Missile in Syria (DefenseTech) The author of this article (who is apparently the managing editor at Military.com) doesn't seem to know how Shtora really works. The two OTShU-1-7 electro-optical jammers at the front of the T-90 turret (one of which was damaged by the explosion of the TOW missile and/or reactive armour) is NOT the primary means of disrupting semi-active laser homing missiles (like Hellfire). That would be the job of the 'aerosol' screen (aka smoke) created by the grenade dischargers. Instead, the job of the EO jammers is to interfere with the semi-active command to line of sight guidance of missiles - like the TOW 2A probably used here - by interfering with the communication between the guidance system (at the operator) and the IR beacon on the rear of the missile. 1 Quote
CV32 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Report Posted April 1, 2016 Israel-Russia Brass Continue to Coordinate Over Crowded Skies in Syria (DefenseNews) Article includes discussion of rumours of Iskander-M in-country. Quote
CV32 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Posted April 6, 2016 Distract Deceive Destroy: Putin at War in Syria (Atlantic Council, pdf) 1 Quote
Silent Hunter UK Posted April 12, 2016 Report Posted April 12, 2016 Two Russian pilots killed in crash in Syria (BBC) Quote
broncepulido Posted August 2, 2016 Report Posted August 2, 2016 The Russian helicopter shoot-down yesterday in Syria was a Mi-8AMTSh/Mi-171Sh Terminator, RF-95585, one of most avanced Russian transport and assault types, in service from December 2010 or February 2014 (I was very intrigued this morning by this same photo in the newspaper, showing an unidentified (at least for me) metallic electro-optic ball below the tail boom, now at home with a little research is clear). The "ball" was not present at December 2015 in the same helicopter: http://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2016/1-august-ruaf-mi8amtsh-212--rf95585-december-2015--/comments http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-01/russia-says-five-crew-killed-as-helicopter-shot-down-in-syria#media-1 Quote
CV32 Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Posted August 17, 2016 Russian Tu-22 bombers deploy to Iran and launch first air strikes on ISIS in Syria (The Aviationist) Backfires operating out of Hamadan (Iran). Now that is a Harpoon scenario if I ever saw one. 1 Quote
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