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| Russian Su-35s Make First Ever Deployment to northern Syria |
| 2021-10-31 |
| [MilitaryWatchMagazine] Russia has deployed a contingent of Su-35 heavyweight air superiority fighters to Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria, marking the first ever major deployment of Russian fighters to the facility. The airport is very near the positions of Turkish and U.S. forces, which have deployed alongside various auxiliary militia forces to occupy large parts of northern Syria. Unlike Russia which was given permission by the internationally recognised Syrian government to deploy military assets to Syrian soil, Turkey and the United States are widely seen to be in Syria illegally as they have permission of neither the UN Security Council nor of Damascus. The deployment comes as Turkey has threatened to escalate its campaign against the Syrian government with the deployment of heavy weapons, after Ankara placed jihadist militant groups in northern Syria under its protection. The Russian Air Force has frequently intervened on the side of Syrian government forces to intercept Turkish fighters and escort them out of Syrian airspace and to conduct airstrikes against militants backed by Turkey. Su-35s at Qamishli are equipped for air to air combat with R-77 and R-73 air to air missiles. Turkey’s ability to counter these fighters remains limited, particularly since 2016 when a large portion of its Air Force’s officer corps were arrested following a failed coup attempt, and since it has been unable to purchase modern fighter aircraft after being evicted from the F-35 program. The Su-35 entered Russian service from 2014 and saw its first ever overseas deployments to Syria in early 2016. This followed deployments of Su-30SM and Su-34 fighters in September 2015, and a few weeks later of Su-27SM3 fighters, all of which are based on the same Flanker airframe as the Su-35 and participated in the initial stages of operations against various Western, Turkish and Qatari-backed Islamist insurgent groups in Syria. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 If you need the codes, call Moise at IDF Strike Planning. He'll hook you up. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-10-31 10:47 |
| #1 Good thing Turkey has those F-35s to counter. Oh..wait. Well, at least they have their S-400's which have no Ruskie backdoor software shutdowns installed *wink wink* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-10-31 09:42 |