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2015-09-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 See also WAFF > [Fox News] RUSSIA AND IRAN SETTING UP MOBILE COORDINATION CELL [Joint Base?] IN BAGHDAD [wid Assad's Boyz].

VERSUS

* SAME > [Twitter] TURKEY'S LEOPARD TANKS MOVING TO SYRIAN BORDER.

See below as to possible reason(s)???

* RELATED WAFF > [Newsweek] TURKEY PROPOSES SYRIA "SAFE ZONE" IN RETURN FOR COOPERATION WITH EU ON REFUGEE CRISIS.

* TOPIX > [Business Insider] ISIS MAKE SURE TO AVOID ONE APOCALYPTIC PROPHECY ABOUT ANTICHRIST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-09-26 00:50|| 2015-09-26 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 What weapons is Russian sending Syria ?

Short answer: Anything they ask for.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-09-26 02:54|| 2015-09-26 02:54|| Front Page Top

#3 The critical question is "who operates this equipment" Russians or locals?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-26 03:47|| 2015-09-26 03:47|| Front Page Top

#4 If it can be pointed at Russians, Russians will operate.

Posted by Shipman 2015-09-26 06:21|| 2015-09-26 06:21|| Front Page Top

#5 From space, you can't tell a T-90 from a T-72.

Smerch means death in Russian. The BM-27 Urugan is a 220mm rocket artillery system. Urugan means hurricane or whirlwind.

Posted by badanov 2015-09-26 10:34|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-09-26 10:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Overall, "looking at what the Russians have deployed, it's a comparatively small force but of a mixed nature, which has the capacity to provide offensive support to the Syrian military," said Barrie of the IISS.

There's no offensive capability for Russian marines deployed to Syria. When they were used in the 2008 war in Georgia, they never engaged in active offensive operations, and a fair number of them were deployed by rail.

The last time Russian marines were used in offensive operations was the breakout operations from Leningrad in 1944. And those forces were used in the context of a larger Red Army operation.

I can't say it enough. Russian marines are there to satisfy a fleet mission only. If they are used in offensive operations it will be in conjunction with other more offensively capable ground forces. They won't be able to operate much farther than about 10 miles before supplies and support become a real issue.

If we start to see Russian airborne troops deploy to Syria, then we also will start to see the possibility of a Russian offensive.

Posted by badanov 2015-09-26 10:43|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-09-26 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 It could be airborne, Badanov (zebra T shirts).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-26 10:45|| 2015-09-26 10:45|| Front Page Top

#8 All I have seen so far are BTRs, issued mainly to Russian marines and Russian regulars. When we start seeing BMDs, then we have an airborne deployment.

As for the striped undershirt. Russian naval troops sport dark blue stripes while Russian airborne are a lighter shade of blue.

Posted by badanov 2015-09-26 10:49|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-09-26 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 I think Shipman gets a Yogi.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-09-26 13:25|| 2015-09-26 13:25|| Front Page Top

#10 A large middle finger aimed at the White House.

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2015-09-26 18:59|| 2015-09-26 18:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Weird sort of a Vietnam this time around.

Posted by JHH 2015-09-26 21:05|| 2015-09-26 21:05|| Front Page Top

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