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| Russian Jets Hit 472 Targets in Syria in Past Two Days |
| 2015-11-24 |
| [AnNahar] Moscow on Monday said its warplanes had hit 472 targets in war-torn Syria in the past two days, including tanker trucks and oil infrastructure in territory controlled by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. "In 141 combat sorties in the past two days, warplanes of the Russian airforce struck 472 terrorist targets in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Raqa and Deir Ezzor," the Russian defense ministry said in a statement. The military said that the latest strikes had destroyed 80 tanker trucks near the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa, as well as a large oil storage tank and a oil refinery south of the city. Fuel reserves some 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Deir Ezzor were also destroyed in the strikes, the defense ministry said. The Russian defense ministry said last week that it was "hunting" oil transporters in a bid to cut IS financing and claimed that in the past five days some 1,000 fuel trucks had been destroyed. The Russian military claimed that "terrorists" had suffered "serious losses" in Saraqib, a city in the northwestern province of Idlib province, and in the town of Qalaat al-Madiq in the Hama province. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 The Russians use different metrics than the US. For ex. the destruction of the 283 oil tankers (if in one place) is 1 target hit requiring multiple aircraft, probably around a squadron of shooters. The Russian metric is seems to be any bomb release or cannon fired at a target is a strike. Otherwise 141 sorties could in no way hit 472 targets. That's 3.3 targets/sortie, even higher when a lot or sorties are devoted to supporting the bomb droppers. |
| Posted by: Betty Hitler2611 2015-11-24 14:28 |
| #6 I like that too, Mystic. |
| Posted by: si vis pacem, para bellum 2015-11-24 09:51 |
| #5 You would think ISIS would be begging Putin to stop bombing if these numbers are correct. I seriously doubt their accuracy as well as the Pentagon numbers. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2015-11-24 09:27 |
| #4 vis, You mean the world's longest drive by shooting as the Marines called the dash to Baghdad??? |
| Posted by: Mystic 2015-11-24 08:55 |
| #3 suggestion for movie title: Rise of Constantinople other movie that should have been done, based on the armored push through Southern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom: Baghdad 500 |
| Posted by: si vis pacem, para bellum 2015-11-24 08:54 |
| #2 Time for an orthodox crusade? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-24 06:16 |
| #1 And in a side note but one that may have significant "the shit is about to hit the fan" ramifications, the Turks are claiming to have shot down a Su-25 Soviet aircraft. Given Putin's disposition lately, the last thing I would do is claim responsibility for doing anything to anything with a red star on it. |
| Posted by: Mystic 2015-11-24 05:48 |