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| Russian pundits ponder what Moscow achieved in Syria | |
| 2016-03-19 | |
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| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 They kept a regime that provides them the only port in Mediterranean in power. Tested/advertised weapons/operational procedures. Signaled the rest of the World that Russia is back. And showed (former) USA how it's done. If several million Allah-beasts end up in Western Europe (home of Russia's implacable enemies), it's just just a bonus. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-19 10:57 |
| #3 They've found out that gear and training works or can be made to work. Optempo is wearing them down, though. Not enough assets in depth. They can also see that Assad is about to imitate a smoking hole in the ground, and don't want to be nearby in force when it finally hits the fan there (or they'd have to intervene). |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2016-03-19 10:31 |
| #2 What did the Germans achieve in Spain? Training, experience, C&C stress testing, TTP, weapons proofing. Just consider it like the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, but with live ammo. Unlike practicing on their immediate neighbors, they got to do it with tacit approval. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-03-19 10:25 |
| #1 Unit activations and realtime IG? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-03-19 09:40 |