Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #7

Karl Haushofer wrote:Lenta.ru says that the death of the Russian military officer today was due to shelling from Turkey to Syria.

So now that Turkey is shelling Syrian territory and targeting Syrian (and Russian) troops what should the response be?

JohninMK wrote: If it is true and there is proof then expect all hell to break loose. But all the reports today, inc MoD, seem to have him hit in a less politically explosive situation. Certainly Russia is not making a mountain out of it ATM.

On another subject, there seem to be quite a few terrorist commanders or leaders queuing for their virgins at the moment. Maybe its due to them feeling safer out with their troops than in C&C facilities so just a result of the general onslaught.

GunshipDemocracy wrote:

JohninMK wrote: If it is true and there is proof then expect all hell to break loose. But all the reports today, inc MoD, seem to have him hit in a less politically explosive situation. Certainly Russia is not making a mountain out of it ATM.

On another subject, there seem to be quite a few terrorist commanders or leaders queuing for their virgins at the moment. Maybe its due to them feeling safer out with their troops than in C&C facilities so just a result of the general onslaught.

Wanted Turkey a war then they´d find another pretext.  Experience shows thet nothing tragic happenes. Just Russia will finish sealing Syrian-Turkish border, kick the sh!t our of turkomanterrorists andthen not Russia of course but Syria will give weapons to Kurds

George1 wrote:Russian aviation group in Syria

"Jane's Defence Weekly" magazine article Nicholas de Larrinaga "Russia deploys Su-35S fighters to Syria" published made January 31, 2016 satellite image Hmeymim airbase, which rolled out the Russian aviation group in Syria. The picture confirms the arrival of four new multi-functional fighters Su-35S, as well as on the transfer in Hmeymim of one additional Sukhoi Su-24M to replace the downed from a Turkish fighter on November 24, 2015.



UPDATE:

Su-25:    12
Su-24M:  12
Su-34:     6
Su-30SM: 4
Su-35S:   4

Karl Haushofer wrote:My heart says that Turkey should not get away with this, but shelling back Turkish territory would probably give Turkey a causus belli to start military invasion of Syria.

DerWolf wrote:Morpheus, definitly u should open the thread " The unification war".

Morpheus Eberhardt wrote:After the loss of the Su-24M, there was a discussion here between KoTeMoRe and me about whether Russia would play that event up or down. You know the answer to that question would have had a big impact on the prediction of the pace with which the current world war would continue unfolding. As it turned out, Russia clearly and unambiguously identified Turkey as the guilty party.

The 1st of Feb event seems to be very much related to the Turkish shelling of the Syrian positions. It remains to be seen what approach Russia has planned to take about attributing responsibility to it. It has already been said that there is a Russian military delegation in Turkey investigating it. Quite possibly Turkey is swearing black and blue that it wasn't them. Well, of course, it wasn't them; they are just automatons controlled by their masters.

As I have said on multiple occasions, I believe that the outcome of the current world war and that of the "second" world war would be fundamentally different, but for now the similarity between Turkey/ISIL and the Nazi Germany of "WWII" is 100%. Also, the current situation is 100% as disgusting as it was back then.

Karl Haushofer wrote:Three casualties is not too bad. Of course every one of them is sad, but if Russia manages to get out of this war with less than 50 casualties while winning the war I would consider it a success.

Only three so far is a good result.

“The planes will be kept in a state of constant readiness, with a pair of Su-35 ready to take off at a moment’s notice to provide assistance to other aircraft. A pair of Su-35 jets is capable of increasing other planes’ 360-degree detection radius up to 400 kilometers,” a representative of the Russian Aerospace Forces battlegroup in Syria told journalists.

According to the representative, the Su-35 is a multirole combat aircraft which will be used as an escort for the Russian aviation in Syria, as well as for attacks against ground and underground targets.

"At present, we have a task to use these jets as effectively as possible. These jets can carry all kind of bombs," the representative said.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the advanced supermaneuverable Su-35S multirole fighters began combat missions in Syria.

Syria has been mired in a civil war since 2011, with the country’s government fighting against multiple opposition factions and extremist groups. The Russian Aerospace Forces have been conducting an aerial campaign against Islamist positions in Syria since September 30, following a request from President Bashar Assad.

zg18 wrote:"Say hello to my new turkish friend", Su-35S armed with RVV-SD

zg18 wrote:"Say hello to my new turkish friend", Su-35S armed with RVV-SD

medo wrote:

zg18 wrote:"Say hello to my new turkish friend", Su-35S armed with RVV-SD

Excellent find.  Syrian deployment is quite interesting. We first time see in Syria, that Russian army have Pantsir-S2, before we only know they have Pantsir-S1 and now we see, that they have R-77-1 missiles in armament. I hope RuAF will also send Ka-52 helicopters armed with Vikhr missiles.

Dima wrote:

zg18 wrote:"Say hello to my new turkish friend", Su-35S armed with RVV-SD

Its really bad news for the ISIS airforce and equally bad for murican fanboys.