KiloGolf wrote:Google Shayrat airbase.
Listen, I don't support hitting Assad, but they can do as they please over there. Like Israel does all the time. Russia doesn't care about fighting for Assad more than they have to (killing beardies).
Like Israel does all the time and their most advanced planes destroyed by Soviet era S-200 defenses..
You obviously don't understand neither what RULES of Engagement is ,
go and look for it on a dictionary.
Rules of engagement (ROE) are the internal rules or directives among military forces (including individuals) that define the circumstances, conditions, degree, and manner in which the use of force, or actions which might be construed as provocative, may be applied.[1] They provide authorization for and/or limits on, among other things, the use of force and the employment of certain specific capabilities.
So Russia have S-400s ,S-300s that can deal day and night with anything NATO or Israel have..
,but they dont use them against Israel.. they only leave that role to Syria. And Syria have S-200s that
can target the most advanced planes of Israel.. as was proven by the previous F-16 crash.. Israel electronics
warfare is not a match not even by a soviet era missile of the 80s..
But the low performance of Syrian air defenses.. versus Israel planes.. it have nothing to do with the
quality but with Syria rules of engament... Syria only target planes violating its airspace.. So this force Israel
to attack from farther distances..with long range missiles.. This auto limitations are created in a way so that
Syria can justify its actions ,as self defense.. IF Syria really wanted to stop Israel flights over Syria.. all it needs to do is target the planes far away from Syria territory..but Israel will claim ,that it was an act of war..since they were in international airspace.
Russia also avoid targeting Israel , So that it can continue playing a game of neutral party. But if Russia wanted
to Stop Israel.. don't you think that those S-400s could hit israeli planes as soon they take off in Telaviv? or how about Iskanders? an Iskander attack on israel military airports will stop that airforce.. but that will make israel to start a war with Russia.. effectively interrupting the war against ISIS. (which is what Israel wants). They want to interrupt the defeat of terrorist.. and make Russia very busy ,by provoking Russia into a fight with US and other countries.
So no quality.. only quantity.. but only in Syria. Russia military base is very limited the hardware they can deploy there.. and can't create there a deep layer of air defenses.. either.. which is very important.
So those S-400s or S-300sv4 of Russia in Syria, have never been used before.. against Americans.
because of Rules of Engagement.. That they will only be used if Russia military base is at risk..
But now Russia is modifying their rules and telling Americans ,that if their missiles hit Russian positions ,their warships
may be hit.. whether Russia will do it or not ..is a different story. it will be a decision policy issue and not a quality issue. But you bet... that if Americans target Russia military base. and or hundreds of Russians soldiers positions bombed.. then Russia will have no choice to bomb the americans warships..or submarines behind the attack.'
is called self defense.