There is every likelihood that once the Chechens are eliminated at Aleppo, Russia will turn to
a) protecting Iran’s nuclear sites from attack by either Israel or the US, and
b) make some moves with Chinese forces to gain control from Israel of their Leviathan and Tamar offshore gas fields as well as control of various Middle Eastern oil and gas pipelines through Turkey and elsewhere.
There is little sense in the Russians bringing in S-300PMU2 systems and a Typhoon class sub, unless Putin has some very big and ambitious plans - up to and including the use of nukes (which is policy, if conventional forces attacked with conventional weapons).
S-300 can track 100 targets while engaging 12 within 5 minutes of up time using passive radar. It is billed as a US Tomahawk missile killer.
Debka never said that Israel expects Russia to fight ISIS - they expected Russia to attempt to protect the Iranians. You may have misread something. All Bibi’s trips to Moscow were in some part attempts to convince the Russians not to bring in their S-22 systems and then later the S-300 systems. The Russians decided on the newer more deadly S-300s ... very bad news for Israel and any US forces with in 200 miles of Syria.
Russian has not just brought in any old “troops and supplies”, but their marines with the very latest Russian battlefield tech including the R-166-0.5 signals vehicle, BMP-3M Dragun AFVs, and armor to follow. This is not normal. This stuff usually sits on the Russian-Chinese boarder.
Anything is possible.
What we know at this point is that Obama got caught with his pants down yet again.
Greatly appreciate your highlighting this dangerous developmemt and existential threat to Israel / US forces.
Obola has deliberately collaborated with Russia and China to shift power and dominance in regions we previously had the upper hand, ie: eastern block, ME, and S. China sea.
The world will much regret what’s to follow.
RE: “The Russians decided on the newer more deadly S-300s ... very bad news for Israel and any US forces with in 200 miles of Syria.
Russian has not just brought in any old “troops and supplies”, but their marines with the very latest Russian battlefield tech including the R-166-0.5 signals vehicle, BMP-3M Dragun AFVs, and armor to follow. This is not normal.”