Why that's almost....
Posted on 03/28/2016 11:20:18 AM PDT by dennisw
World's quietest submarine, cruise missiles and smart bombs: The deadly arsenal Putin is using to pound Syria as Russia's awesome firepower drives Isis out of Palmyra
Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support have driven Islamic State out of ancient city of Palmyra Assad supported by Putin has inflicted what the army called a 'mortal blow' to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples Putin is using Syria as a testing ground for a terrifying new generation of weapons
His warplanes, missiles and tanks, smart bombs and satellite technology have already changed the landscape in Syria Russia claims to have destroyed 3,000 'terror' targets during 14 days of airstrikes at the beginning of February But it has also been accused of killing 1,000 civilians in the bombardment
They have been dubbed 'Moscow's war games', a deadly flexing of Russia's military might in the battlegrounds of Syria that has seen Vladimir Putin's forces tip the balance of power towards the once beleaguered leadership of Bashar al-Assad.
For ranged now in the name of Putin's war on terror is an awesome array of firepower, with Russia's iron man president deploying an arsenal of his latest weapons to Syria - operating from land, sea and air.
In the latest major campaign to support Assad, the Russians have helped to drive Islamic State out of the ancient city of Palmyra, inflicting what the army called a 'mortal blow' to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples.
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I am sure thugs and dictators worldwide are salivating at buying some of these weapons systems. Even if they have only 70% the functionality of the ones the Russians are using in Syria. You better believe the Russians have plenty of DVD's and videos available for interested third world buyers. This is like a Superbowl with only advertisements for Russian weaponry being used in Syria
No, carefully designed, slow-moving propellers that do not cause cavitation.
We’re screwed !
While we’ve been waving our arms over our heads and singing Kumbaya the Russians have been doing some serious military research and arming.
Russians are clever at utilizing stolen ideas.
While Putin is acting like a manly leader,
Obammy has our jets bombing Andy Gump chemical toilets
The speed of light is 669,600,000 miles/hr therefore this is claiming about 30% of the speed of light.
Right. You bet.
Why that's almost....
I remember when conservatives CARED about losing ground to the Russians militarily...now it’s just defunding Planned Parenthood, and they can’t even do that.
I sort of messed that up. It was the SU-24 that was said to climb at 29K per sec. That makes it even more ludicrous.
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