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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Putin sends Tupolev Tu-160 bombers to Idlib
2020-02-15
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#11  LOL. He's JUST a Doctor, Jim!
Posted by: Frank G   2020-02-15 21:28  

#10  /\ Leonard ~ Do you have relatives who blog ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-15 21:10  

#9  Bones?

Jim!
Posted by: Leonard McCoy   2020-02-15 20:05  

#8  That's a lot of stuff moving around.

My first thought exo-Syria is that when the sunken hulk of a Turkish freighter loaded with arms is inspected, is that the broken keel has damage consistent with a collision into two humping whales.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-15 20:03  

#7   You know when playing chess or whatnot and a player makes a move which makes you go Huh? and red flags at the same time?

Escalating with castling counter for the 6 Buffs moved to DG.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-02-15 15:41  

#6  Wonder how much information Yippy handed the Russians concerning Turkish air defense in order to purchase S-400/Russian style air defense system(s).
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-15 12:14  

#5  Tu-160 - the White Swan - swing-wing strategic heavy bomber. Does look like the B-1. Form follows function, and all that.

Costs the Russians a lot more per flight hour (money they don't have) and a crash would be very bad PR. There's no point to it, really.

I dunno. Gives them some practice flying bomber sorties and suggests they *really* want to blow some stuff up and have it stay that way.

A crash would be *very* bad PR.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-02-15 12:08  

#4  You know when playing chess or whatnot and a player makes a move which makes you go Huh? and red flags at the same time?

No doubt a storm is rising above Idilb, been going on for at least a week. Seemed a strange asset to move into the region, though it would be an effective platform for that region. Started dinking around and if I did my work, not only can this thing reach Libya, it could be loaded with anti-ship and cruise missiles.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-15 12:04  

#3  Costs the Russians a lot more per flight hour (money they don't have) and a crash would be very bad PR. There's no point to it, really.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-15 11:52  

#2  Bones?
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442   2020-02-15 11:06  

#1  and Trump says to Yippy: "Use your S-400's and F-35's to defend yourself *snicker*"
Posted by: Frank G   2020-02-15 10:48  

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