Russia steps up Syrian intervention, uses 25 long-range heavy bombers in Syria

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http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20...l-tergets.html

Russia used 34 air launched cruise missiles during the strike on the terrorist targets in Syria, Russian General Staff chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov said Tuesday. The members of the US-led coalition were informed about the operation in advance, he added.



“During a massive airstrike today, 14 important ISIL targets were destroyed by 34 air-launched cruise missiles. The targets destroyed include command posts that were used to coordinate ISIL activities in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, munition and supply depots in the northwestern part of Syria,” Gerasimov said.

Russian Air Forces will be strengthened with advanced 37 aircraft, including eight Su-34 bomber jets and four Su-27 fighter jets, Gerasimov noted.

"The Russian General Staff has developed a new plan of the air campaign [in Syria] which envisions deployment of 25 strategic bombers, eight Su-34 Fullback attack aircraft, and four Su-27 Flanker fighter jets," Army General Valery Gerasimov said.

Syrian army with the assistance of the Russian aviation managed to liberate 80 towns and regain control of the territory more than 500 square kilometers.

"In the Northern Syrian Province of Aleppo Syrian Army liberated 40 towns. Government troops deblocked Kweiris airbase and continue to expand security zone near the airport," Gerasimov added.

Ten imagery and signals intelligence spacecraft were deployed in order to improve the space intelligence capabilities in Syria, Russian General Staff chief Gen. Gerasimov said.

“Ten satellites are deployed. By redirecting several spacecraft and adjusting their orbit we now can photograph Syrian territory at required intervals,” he said.

The Islamic State militant’s ability to illegally export energy resources was severely hampered by Russian airstrikes, chief of Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov said.

"Several elements of the enemy infrastructure, including two fuel tanker truck columns, were destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft, which resulted in “a severe decrease in militants’ ability to illegally export energy resources," Gerasimov said Tuesday during a report to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the National Defense Control Center.

Russian Air Forces have conducted 65 sorties and destroyed six ISIL command centers, Gen. Valery Gerasimov said.

"Russian Air Forces based on the Hmeymim airbase in Latakia have conducted 65 sorties of 98 planned for the day. During the airstrikes were destroyed six terrorist command centers, eight arm depots, six oil depots and four facilities used to manufacture explosive devices and rockets," Gerasimov said.

Russian warplanes have destroyed 140 ISIL targets in Syria, Sergey Shoigu said. The number of sorties doubled, Shoigu added.

"The number of sorties was increased two times which allows us to launch powerful precision strikes against ISIL militants deep within the Syrian territory," the Russian Defense Minister said while briefeng the president on Syrian operation in the Russian National Defense Control Center.

Strategic bombers Tu-160, Tu-95MC and Tu-22 are involved in the Russian operation in Syria, the Russian Defense Minister said.

"Tu-160, Tu-95MC and Tu-22 strategic bombers with standard strike aircraft are involved in destroying of terrorist targets in Syria," Shoigu said.



Twelve Russian bomber jets Tu-22M3 have hit ISIL targets in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, Shoingu said.

“Today, from 2:00 till 2:30 GMT, twelve Tu-22M3 long-range bomber aircraft carried out strikes against ISIL targets in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor,” Shoigu said.

Russia will continue massive airstrikes on terrorist targets in Syria. Russia's actions in Syria made it possible for Syrian army to begin an offensive against terrorists.

Russian warplanes launched airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIL) and other militant groups at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad on September 30.

Since the beginning of the air campaign, Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out around 1,800 sorties, destroying some 2,700 terrorist targets, according to the General Staff. Several hundreds of militants have been killed, and dozens of command centers and depots have been destroyed.

Russian Long-Range Aviation strikes on Syria involved 5 x Tu-160, 6 x Tu-95MS and 14 x Tu-22M3.

Also deployed were 4 Su-27SM3 and 8 Su-34 operating from Russian bases.

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of course they are using long range bombers now they can not keep maintain planes with desert sand due to poor logistics

[Shalcker]

of course they are using long range bombers now they can not keep maintain planes with desert sand due to poor logistics

They do mention 65 sorties were made out of 98 planned today for forces operating out of Syrian airbase.

Doesn't seem to be the problem with maintenance, that's one sortie approximately every 15 minutes...

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except their sortie rate for their entire campaign I atrocious and with regards to this operation the real question we should ask is if russia actually succeeded in killing less civilians than militants this tine

[ParanoiD84]

I think daesh craps and pisses their pants everytime they hear a jet.

[Shalcker]

except their sortie rate for their entire campaign I atrocious and with regards to this operation the real question we should ask is if russia actually succeeded in killing less civilians than militants this tine

Well, do you know out French sortie rate for comparison? Or US sortie rate?

Seems to be at upper bound of US expert estimates for number of sorties possible given a number of jets deployed.

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http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20...l-tergets.html

How long until this is done n Rus can start to wh00p some iraqi isis butts?

Iraq’s ruling bloc wants Russian airstrikes, politician tells RT ‘lack of trust’ between Iraq & US.

http://www.rt.com/news/319285-iraq-a...kes-russia-us/
21 Oct, 2015 13:52

Iraq's ruling alliance has written to the country’s prime minister, requesting Russian help in the fight against ISIS terrorists. An Iraqi politician told RT that the public wants Russian involvement and there is breakdown in trust with the Americans.

“The largest bloc has sent a request to the prime minister to add further forces to the fight against terrorism and not only to rely on the United States and the international coalition, which has up till now been rather shy in its efforts to destroy [Islamic State] bases in Iraq,” Saad Al-Matlabi, a member of the country's State of Law Coalition, told RT.

“Therefore it is understandable that the Iraqi parliament and the defense committee would send a request to the prime minister to add more forces and in particular the forces of the Russian Federation, which has proved quite efficient in destroying [Islamic State] bases in neighboring Syria.”

The Iraqi politician told RT that the US has been “shy” in its efforts to try and eliminate the threat posed by Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL). He also mentioned that not only is there a consensus amongst Iraqi politicians for Moscow to be involved, but also from the general public.

“The public mood is definitely in favor of Russian involvement because it has been over a year and a half now and ISIS has flourished in Iraq under the American airstrikes. One could question the honesty and integrity of the US airstrikes.”

Al-Matlabi pointed to information received from US sources, which stated that 75 percent of American warplanes returned to base without firing their weapons against ISIS targets, while Washington has not been forthcoming in living up to its promises. The State of Law Alliance member stated that so far Baghdad has only received “three or four F-16’s” out of a total of 36, which were promised back in 2011.

“There is a lack of trust amongst the Iraqi forces towards the US forces,” he said. “The Americans definitely do not trust the Iraqi forces; therefore the Americans will not strike targets that they have been sent by Iraq. The Americans only attack targets they define to be ISIS.”

Despite this “breakdown in trust,” he said that Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has been coming under pressure from Washington not to ask for help from Moscow.

"Abadi told the meeting parties that it wasn't the right time to include the Russians in the fight because that would only complicate the situation with the Americans and could have undesired consequences even on long-term future relations with America," a senior Shi'ite politician close to Abadi told Reuters.

The US’s top general announced Wednesday that he has been told by Al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled Al-Obeidi that Baghdad would not be seeking Russian assistance.

"Both the minister of defense and the prime minister said: 'Absolutely.' There is no request right now for the Russians to support them, there's no consideration for the Russians to support them, and the Russians haven't asked them to come in and conduct operations,” Gen. Joseph Dunford said on a visit to Iraq, as cited by Reuters.

The US general, who was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, said that he was against Russia becoming involved as it would make it harder for the US to operate.

"I said it would make it very difficult for us to be able to provide the kind of support that you need if the Russians were here conducting operations as well," Dunford said.

However, Dunford’s optimism seems to be contradicted by Al-Matlabi’s admission and previous statements by Al-Abadi who on October 1 said that he would “welcome” Russian intervention.

In an interview with France-24 TV, he accused the US-led coalition of a lack of support as well as questioning the will of the West to defeat Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). He added that Russian airstrikes were a “possibility” but such an option had not been discussed.

“If we get the offer, we’ll consider it,” Al-Abadi said. “In actual fact, I would welcome it.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov seemed to rule out Moscow getting involved for the moment, saying: "We are not planning to expand our airstrikes to Iraq. We were not invited, not asked."

"We are polite people, as you know. We don’t come if not invited," he said on October 1 at the UN General Assembly.

Btw you didn't say what bombs will drop, perhaps I can make a suggestion?

[sarahtasher]

Let's imagine the shrieking and screaming if an evil filthy impure Western country dropped those bombs.

But those are Russians : so they are good. Russia is led by STRONK MASTAH Putin, so they have the permission to kill civilians.

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BTW, have you noticed that RT agitpprop communiqué showcase that, in more than a month of fighting, ISIS lost 500 squares kilometers ? While it's a genuine success, it's not THAT much...

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Let's imagine the shrieking and screaming if an evil filthy impure Western country dropped those bombs.

But those are Russians : so they are good. Russia is led by STRONK MASTAH Putin, so they have the permission to kill civilians.

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BTW, have you noticed that RT agitpprop communiqué showcase that, in more than a month of fighting, ISIS lost 500 squares kilometers ? While it's a genuine success, it's not THAT much...

I dunno know the exact numbers, but they lost Aleppo n are getting hammered HARD.

They were expanding during US year of "bombing".

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Yes, yes, kause if you don't ramdomly bomb the countryside, it's not real bombing. Gotcha. (Pot calling the kettle : Assad have been bombing ISIS for years, too, and they expanded, too)

You have to be a ''weakling'' or a ''SJW'' to think that one Hellfire missile on the car of the local maniac might be more efficient than nuking Raqqah.

As for being ''hammered'', I know I am a stupid sheeple, but that not my Jeeeeew-controlled media that have been reported for years on a weekly basis Assad armies crushing the rebels. I know I'm not as smart as people who think RT is the gospel because it's Russian and thus true, but I tend to be sceptical of what RT says on that matter.

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Yes, yes, kause if you don't ramdomly bomb the countryside, it's not real bombing. Gotcha. (Pot calling the kettle : Assad have been bombing ISIS for years, too, and they expanded, too)

You have to be a ''weakling'' or a ''SJW'' to think that one Hellfire missile on the car of the local maniac might be more efficient than nuking Raqqah.

As for being ''hammered'', I know I am a stupid sheeple, but that not my Jeeeeew-controlled media that have been reported for years on a weekly basis Assad armies crushing the rebels. I know I'm not as smart as people who think RT is the gospel because it's Russian and thus true, but I tend to be sceptical of what RT says on that matter.

Huh? Lay off the tin-foil hat, western press is full of isis getting their butts kicked by Russia.

ISIS siege on Syrian military air base is finally broken after TWO YEARS by Assad's forces following Russian air strikes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...r-strikes.html

By SIMON TOMLINSON FOR MAILONLINE
10:36 GMT, 11 November 2015

Syrian government forces have broken a siege imposed by the Islamic State on a military air base since 2013, state media said.

The move marks the first major achievement by President Bashar Assad's troops since Russia began its airstrikes in late September.

A state TV report said government forces met troops that were defending the Kweiras air base in the northern province of Aleppo.

Syrian troops, backed by pro-government gunmen, launched a large-scale offensive to reach the base last month under the cover of Russian airstrikes.


Syrian army Major General Mounzer Zamam (centre) celebrates among soldiers at the Kweiras military air base, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, after finally breaking a two-year siege by the Islamic State


Syrian soldiers stand under a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad at the Kweiras military air base

The good guys are winning, now go cry in a corner.

[sarahtasher]

Those articles are not stating what you state.

The move marks the first major achievement by President Bashar Assad's troops since Russia began its airstrikes in late September.

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Huh? Lay off the tin-foil hat, western press is full of isis getting their butts kicked by Russia.



The good guys are winning, now go cry in a corner.

Good guys, kauze they lend a base to STRONK RUSSIA. If they were shooting at French, American, or even better, Israeli troops, RT would praise the djihadists as heroes and the usual crowd would scream as posessed ''warcrime'' when the evil filthy impure Western soldiers fired back.

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Huh? Lay off the tin-foil hat, western press is full of isis getting their butts kicked by Russia.



The good guys are winning, now go cry in a corner.

if by Isis you mean Syrian civilians then yes they are getting their butts kicked by Russian bonbs

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Those articles are not stating what you state.

The move marks the first major achievement by President Bashar Assad's troops since Russia began its airstrikes in late September.

I said isis are loosing ground, they are, Aleppo is a BIG loss to them, which article says, that doesn't mean they have not lost any other settlement since September, nor has anyone said this campaign is going to wrap up in the next two days or something. What are you on about? Facts still are that isis was EXPANDING during us "bombing"

Here's some info about campaign

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Well, do you know out French sortie rate for comparison? Or US sortie rate?

Seems to be at upper bound of US expert estimates for number of sorties possible given a number of jets deployed.

I know iit because skroe posted iit and you deflected

[Shibito]

Its fun to see some russian circle jerking. Especially by the usual suspects that deny everything negative about Russia

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What do you think the sentence ''The move marks the first major achievement by President Bashar Assad's troops since Russia began its airstrikes in late September'' means ?

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I said isis are loosing ground, they are, Aleppo is a BIG loss to them, which article says, that doesn't mean they have not lost any other settlement since September, nor has anyone said this campaign is going to wrap up in the next two days or something. What are you on about? Facts still are that isis was EXPANDING during us "bombing"

Yes, I know, because the US were not dropping MOAB bombs, thus giving Putin-medias a chance to screech ''warcrime'', they were not really bombing.

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the americans apparently at least try to verify their targets before bombs away while russians just let them fly how else can you explain the americans killing more Isis leadership in surgical strikes than russia wracking up a higher civie body count than militant. oh that was not a 'hospital' it was a medical 'depot'....

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Eh? You are back to quoting this guy who lives in england n who hasn't visited syria for the past 20 years or so, that made some organizations n leaked this hospital info? That's cute. It has nothing to do with the US bombing a certain hospital n you thought of the cheapest diversion, accuse someone else doing what you are doing? How lame.

Huh, Russia has been killing shitloads of commanders, maybe you should follow the news that isn't cnn n fox.

[sarahtasher]

Yes, CNN and FOX lie, since they don't take their orders from Putin

Everyone know that for a media to be reliable, they have to post pictures of bare-chest Putin killing tigers.