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2023-10-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by badanov 2023-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [26 views ] Top
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#1 Turkish activity, ostensibly directed against the Kurdish PKK is an indirect warning to the USA. Be that as it may, it is recalled that in October 2019 former poobah and Gen. David Petraeus (with longstanding ties in Kurdistan) claimed the USA "betrayed its longstanding ally in its fight against ISIS, the Syrian Kurds by withdrawing US forces from the northern part of the country." Someone forgot to notify Petraeus about the CIA presence which continues to support the Kurds through its base at Irbil. It remains to be seen if the USA will provide the Kurds with anti-Drone arms and thus return a threat against a so-called NATO ally.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-10-06 08:57|| 2023-10-06 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Hey, a kill's a kill.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-10-06 09:08|| 2023-10-06 09:08|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ The Perfumed Prince was right about a great many things. That's why he was Broadwelled.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-06 09:10|| 2023-10-06 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 The load out in that still picture makes that Viper look like Son of Thud.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-10-06 10:06|| 2023-10-06 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5
#4 The load out in that still picture makes that Viper look like Son of Thud.
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-06 10:06

M. Murcek,

That's an air-to-air loadout, AIM-120s on the wingtips and AIM-9X on the pylons. A heavy loadout would put another -9X on each of the empty pylons seen there.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-10-06 10:19|| 2023-10-06 10:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Guess drones are easier than balloons.

Snark O'The Day - Afternoon Edition

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-06 16:30|| 2023-10-06 16:30|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ SOTD: afternoon edition.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-10-06 16:55|| 2023-10-06 16:55|| Front Page Top

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