Syrian Air Defense Intercepted 71 Cruise Missiles Launched by West - Russian MoD

[Ceylal]

Even the most radical of the French politics is talking sense..to Micron

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[Stryker1982]

NATO Jets patrol Syrian airspace on a regular basis, you dork.

How about you do your homework before you spam more BS? Bloody armchair experts.

I'm an armchair expert apparently because I'm quoting facts from the Chief of staff of the U.S military. God you are so retarded. Its funny you are telling me to do my homework.

NATO patrols eastern Syrian airspace over Al-Tanf and YPG controlled areas where they can easily fire air launched cruise missiles from to any target in Syria, their explicit objectives were not to put coalition members at risk.

 

[Vergennes]

bechet-Golovko @ bechetgolovko


Hummm, the Russian Defense Ministry says it has not noticed the participation of French missile firing in Syria ... It fell where the beautiful new missile proudly showed by @ florence_parly ??? 1 idea?http: // www. ntv.ru/novosti/200450 2 / ...went?

So basically the Russians couldn't detect French missiles and aircrafts ? That's good then.

 

[Oublious]

Well wher are the 71 hit missiles? Still nothing but stupid old pictures ahaha...

 

[Hindustani78]

President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the pre-dawn strikes against Syria's regime carried out jointly by the US led Alliance , saying they "could not have had a better result."

Western officials said a barrage of cruise and air-to-land missiles hit what they said were sites linked to chemical weapons development, in retaliation after a suspected toxic gas attack a week ago on the rebel-held town of Douma, in the Damascus suburbs.

"A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military," Trump tweeted.

"Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!"

Branding last week's alleged chemical attack the "crimes of a monster," Trump announced the military action against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in a White House address late Friday, defying fierce warnings from Damascus ally Russia.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called the strikes a "one-time shot" with no additional military action planned for now.

In 2003, then US president George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq aboard a US aircraft carrier returning from the Gulf -- with a banner that read "Mission Accomplished" behind him -- a declaration that proved premature.

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President Donald Trump's administration has made clear it sees Moscow as complicit in the latest suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, but Pentagon planners are taking pains to avoid hitting Russian military assets.

Saturday's strikes were limited in scope despite bellicose rhetoric from both sides, while a direct clash between the West and Russia in Syria could quickly flip the seven-year-old conflict in a new and dangerous direction.

According to General Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the strikes hit three targets related to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons programme -- a scientific research centre near Damascus, a weapons storage facility west of Homs and a third location that contained both a command post and an equipment storage facility in the same area.

These targets appeared to steer well clear of any Russian military personnel or equipment.

Moscow said none of the missiles hit its Hmeimim airbase or its naval facility at Tartus adding that it did not activate its own sophisticated air defence systems.

"With regard to the Russian concerns, we specifically identified these targets to mitigate the risk of Russian forces being involved," Dunford said.

Russia's defence ministry said no Syrian civilians or military were killed in the attacks.

The Russian military said 103 cruise missiles were fired, including Tomahawk missiles, but Syrian air defence systems managed to intercept 71 of them.

In his primetime address announcing the strikes, Trump accused Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government of failing to guarantee a 2013 deal that was supposed to rid Assad of his chemical weapons.

"Assad's recent attack -- and today's response -- are the direct result of Russia's failure to keep that promise," Trump said.

But both Dunford and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis stressed that strikes were not intended to pull America deeper into Syria's war.

"The targets tonight again were specifically designed to degrade the Syrian war machine's ability to create chemical weapons and to set that back," Mattis said.

"There were no attempts to broaden or expand that target set."

The Kremlin has said it severely condemns the "act of aggression" and has called an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council.

Analyst Alexey Malashenko, a specialist in the Syria conflict, told AFP that military retaliation would be highly risky for Russia and Moscow appeared to be choosing a war of words instead.

"Russia had a choice -- either to risk and respond militarily, which is very dangerous because you can lose, or what is happening now."

Moscow will kick up "a huge row" including at the United Nations, Malashenko predicted, "but no real action will be taken."

Dunford noted that the US military did not coordinate any targets or any plans with the Russians ahead of Friday's strikes.

But he said a long-standing "deconfliction" line was used to tell Moscow the areas where the Americans, French and British would be conducting operations.

Communication on the line is a near-daily occurrence designed to stop mishaps as a US-led coalition conducts an air war against the Islamic State group while Russia pursues its own goals of propping up Assad.

Moscow hardly needed a heads up that military action was coming.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted that "nice and new and 'smart!'" missiles would be coming Syria's way, and that Russia should "get ready."

He vacillated the next day after being criticized for telegraphing war plans and insisted that no final decision had been made.

"Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War," Trump tweeted on Wednesday.

The air strikes were limited in scope, lasting about an hour. Mattis said no additional attacks were planned, though Trump earlier suggested the strikes could last longer.

Russia has been deeply enmeshed in Syria's civil war since 2015 and Washington and Moscow have already indirectly clashed in the country.

The outgoing head of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, this week appeared to confirm reports that around 200 Russian mercenaries were killed in February during a clash with US-led forces in Syria.

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India has called for restraint after the United States led Alliance launched air strikes on Syria, accusing President Basher al-Assad's government of using chemical weapons against civilians in a rebel stronghold near Damascus.

New Delhi on Saturday urged "all parties" to "show restraint" and to "avoid any further escalation in the situation". India also called for "an impartial and objective investigation" by Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons into the allegation of use of chemical weapons by the forces loyal to Syrian President Basher al-Assad on civilians during its campaign against rebels at Douma outside Damascus.

"We have taken note of the recent strikes in Syria. India is closely following the situation. The alleged use of chemical weapons, if true, is deplorable," Raveesh Kumar, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said.

"We call for an impartial and objective investigation by OPCW to establish the facts. We urge all parties to show restraint and to avoid any escalation," he said in a statement in New Delhi.

New Delhi said that "the matter" should be resolved through dialogue and negotiations, on the basis of the principles of the United Nations Charter and in accordance with international law. "We hope that the long drawn suffering of the people of Syria would come to an end soon," added Kumar.

 

[LeGenD]

I'm an armchair expert apparently because I'm quoting facts from the Chief of staff of the U.S military. God you are so retarded. Its funny you are telling me to do my homework.

NATO patrols eastern Syrian airspace over Al-Tanf and YPG controlled areas where they can easily fire air launched cruise missiles from to any target in Syria, their explicit objectives were not to put coalition members at risk.

NATO Jets were spotted near/over As-Suwayda region of Syria during the course of recent strikes. They struck some targets there.

https://twitter.com/x/status/985120140395208704

Don't presume that people are lacking in knowledge and you know it all.

 

[airmarshal]

I have seen scores of amateurish footage(s) and I could not tell much due to darkness factor.

Syrians (and Russians) are concealing lot of stuff actually.

Eyewitnesses on the ground have reported interceptions.

Americans have the habit of telling lies. They lied about the capability of their weapons in Gulf war. Their Patriot missile is failure.

American weapons are better because people of Middle East are the victims of their unprovoked and illegal wars. Weapons can only be tested in the battlefield. Americans are adept at concocting fake scenarios and pursue illegal wars and occupations on false pretexts. This has been going on since WW2.

 

[LeGenD]

Eyewitnesses on the ground have reported interceptions.

Americans have the habit of telling lies. They lied about the capability of their weapons in Gulf war. Their Patriot missile is failure.

American weapons are better because people of Middle East are the victims of their unprovoked and illegal wars. Weapons can only be tested in the battlefield. Americans are adept at concocting fake scenarios and pursue illegal wars and occupations on false pretexts. This has been going on since WW2.

Bro,

Which eyewitnesses we talking about? I have seen some footage(s) and I could not tell much from them due to sheer darkness in the background. There isn't any concrete evidence of intercepts.

Some members here jumping to conclusions over recent developments as if they were in the position to independently observe weaponry in use and expose potential falsehoods. And trolls thanking them as usual.

PAC system has come a long way since 1991; PAC-2 and PAC-3 systems have proven themselves in combat situations from time-to-time (lot of documented evidence).

 

[500]

I repeat Israeli attempted and failed to shoot it down 3 different times. Continue to tap dance around it all you want.

UAV briefly entered airspace achieving nothing. Old Patriots could not shot it down.

None of those claims can be proven. Russia denied the claim. At the end Russia destroyed 13 drones and provided proof while Israel couldn’t shoot down a single Russian drone or even an ancient s-200 that entered its airspace.

Shitty DIY drones flied 40 km through Russian SAM controlled airspace and then successfully hit a most protected Russian base.

As for “rebels” not being closer then 40km. Really you think they can’t disguise themselves and get closer to the base. Thousands of US, British and Saudi soldiers have been killed because “rebels” infiltrated areas.

Remember that American airbase in Afghanistan that was attacked? Remember how many aircraft were destroyed?

The situation in Syria is completely different. Around base are alawi areas and Sunni villages destroyed and ethnically cleansed. Another funny thing that no mortar which fired at base was discovered, means that these supper dupper commandos who penetrated 35 kms through Alawi areas with mortars could also return back with these mortars. And why there was no attempt to capture them?

Finally Russian newspaper admits that it was drone attack which killed 2 on airbase:

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/13/02/2018/5a82d28e9a79470848f7ff7e?from=main

The EU investigation found Georgia was the one that was the aggressor. Can’t read my post from earlier or just playing stupid?

Russia estimated 2000 killed, it was not accurate but it also wasn’t some rediculous number either and considering Georgian bombarded civilians with grad rockets and injured hundred it was not misleading either. Many of the injured survived.

I would take that over shooting innocent civilians across a fence.

It was no any estimate but pure lies and propaganda. Grad rockets never kill so many in urban area. Hezbies fired thousands of Grad rockets at Israel in 2006 and killed few dozens in much much more dense populated areas.

As for EU claim I dont even bother waste my time to check. Ossetia is internationally recognized Georgian territory. U can't make aggression against ur own territory.

 

[Trango Towers]

Russian general.in the article states they will sell s300 to Syria and other states. Nice

 

[500]

Here examples of obvious lies in Russian statements:

1) They claim that they saw all US and UK launches but did not see any French participation. Although French used both Rafale jets with aerial refueling aircraft and cruise missiles fired from FREMM frigates:
http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5125763

2) 71 shot down missiles that no one can show. Totally impossible that such a huge number of missile wrecks was not filmed by anyone.

3) They claimed that USSR produced S-200, S-125, Kvadrat and Buk were used in interception. 3 problems here:
a) S-200 can't intercept cruise missiles.
b) Syrian Buks are new modification not from USSR.
c) Syria has 32 brand new Pantsyrs, which are specially designed against cruise missiles, so unclear why they were not used.

4) They claim that Assadists shot down 5 out of 9 missiles fired at Mezzeh airbase and 13 out of 16 missiles fired at Homs airbase. But there was no any explosions reported at Mezzeh or Homs airbases. Its pure idiotic invention.

https://twitter.com/x/status/985105454002069506

Probably guy who was responsible for propaganda was just drunk that day.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Now you see it:

an now you don't:

Here are the 3 large buildings targeted: Intercepted cruise missiles my ***

 

[Englishman]

The same people who told us Iraq had WMDs are telling us Assad used a chemical weapon f9r what reason exactly?

Assad was winning the war...he had absolutely no motivation at this stage to launch a silly little chemical attack on a bunch of people now did he?

 

[F-22Raptor]

Video of the USS John Warner submarine firing a Tomahawk from the East Med.

 

[zzzz]

Now you see it:

an now you don't:

Here are the 3 large buildings targeted: Intercepted cruise missiles my ***

No, no, they are not intercepted at all! 76 missiles hit these 3 buildings according to Pentagon Sadly in the city of 2 million people no one managed to record such nuclear armaggedon