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Did Russia Just Send Su-57 Stealth Fighters to Syria? (Updated)
The Drive ^ | February 21, 2018 | Joseph Trevithick

Posted on 02/22/2018 12:14:11 PM PST by C19fan

Unverified pictures and video footage has begun to circulate on social media purporting to show a pair of Russian Su-57 fighters, also known as the PAK FA and T-50, touching down at the country's Khmeimim air base in Syria's Latakia province. The Kremlin has already used the Syrian conflict as an excuse to demonstrate new and advanced weaponry and even if this video turns out to not show operations in Syria, it is likely only a matter of time before the aircraft touch down in the country.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: pakfa; russia; stealth; su57; syria; t50
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Highway to the Danger Zone.....
1 posted on 02/22/2018 12:14:11 PM PST by C19fan
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To: SaveFerris; SkyPilot; Lera; metmom; jonno; Rushmore Rocks; LucyT

Wow!
End Times ping..

Let me know if you want on/off of it.


2 posted on 02/22/2018 12:15:34 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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They’re STEALTH fighters. How would we know?


3 posted on 02/22/2018 12:16:09 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: C19fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzQ3eBerHfM


4 posted on 02/22/2018 12:16:11 PM PST by pugmama (Ports Moon.)
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To: C19fan

Not our business. Assad has invited Russia to help defend his country and government against rebels who took up arms against their country and nations that have invaded Syria. That would be mostly the US.


5 posted on 02/22/2018 12:18:45 PM PST by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: C19fan

Don’t worry folks, I saw a few thousand High School Kids on CNN yesterday that seem eager and ready for the Draft and War should we need them to defend this Country from the Democrats Friends.


6 posted on 02/22/2018 12:19:50 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: C19fan

Maybe we can arrange to “borrow” one, with Israeli help?


7 posted on 02/22/2018 12:20:41 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: grania

That’s only half the story. We invade Syria chasing bad guys that are there. Granted, bad guys Obama financed.


8 posted on 02/22/2018 12:21:01 PM PST by CodeToad (Dr. Spock was an idiot!)
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To: C19fan

9 posted on 02/22/2018 12:24:07 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Midwesterner53
Maybe we can arrange to “borrow” one, with Israeli help?

Why? We already know how to build an overweight, over budget, over time-frame, under-performing stealth aircraft. It's called the F-35.

10 posted on 02/22/2018 12:24:34 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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On a positive note, our intelligence on this aircraft is sketchy

Would be nice to get a looksee on its performance

11 posted on 02/22/2018 12:33:41 PM PST by rdcbn
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“On a positive note, our intelligence on this aircraft is sketchy.”

Assume it has the same capabilities since the design was probably given to Russia by Clinton.


12 posted on 02/22/2018 12:40:18 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
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To: eyeamok

Were those the ones in their safe spaces curled up a fetal position petting their puppies?


13 posted on 02/22/2018 12:42:53 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: C19fan

This base was attacked by mortars/drones last month. Several Russian personnel KIA. 7 aircraft destroyed, if reports are to be believed.


14 posted on 02/22/2018 12:43:06 PM PST by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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To: grania

Yes Assad invited Russia. He also invited Hamas and Hezbollah. Such a slumber party.


15 posted on 02/22/2018 12:47:50 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
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To: EQAndyBuzz

since the design was probably given to Russia by Clinton.
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Here again, high treason is left unpunished.

Because of that we can expect more of it in the future.


16 posted on 02/22/2018 12:51:08 PM PST by 353FMG
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... an excuse to demonstrate new and advanced weaponry...

Kind of like one of those trade shows?


17 posted on 02/22/2018 12:53:17 PM PST by McGruff (#ObamaGate)
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They’d be better off sending more smart bombs.

They’ve run out and are using plain ol’ iron bombs and miss. Lots.


18 posted on 02/22/2018 1:23:23 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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Vlad is trying to scare up some orders—and money—for the PAK FA program. The aircraft has been in the words for over 20 years; as Moscow envisioned it, they would develop the aircraft and India would pay for it, with the respective air forces splitting the production run.

But as the program drags on (and costs continue to rise), Delhi has grown impatient. There have been persistent reports that the Indian Navy wants the F-35 and we’re willing to sell them the jet, they will cancel PAK FA, which would essentially kill the program. Without India’s financial backing, Putin can’t produce the jet in significant quantities on his own. Moscow has even told Delhi that the S-400 SAM deal will be cancelled unless India remains in the PAK FA program. India wants the S-400; they are now lukewarm (at best) on Russia’s fifth generation fighter.


19 posted on 02/22/2018 2:37:35 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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*** Assad invited Russia. He also invited Hamas and Hezbollah. Such a slumber party. ***

Hamas supports the Syrian rebels. Why would Assad invite them? Hezbollah cut funding to Hamas from 2015 until mid 2017 over Hamas’ support of the Syrian Rebels.


20 posted on 02/22/2018 5:22:19 PM PST by sockmonkey
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