Posted on 06/29/2014 12:49:39 PM PDT by lbryce
And, all the while going up against the JV team! (Bowbama's term for the terrorists)
ISIS-Calls-on-Jihadists-to-Join-Them-or-Face-Death
A "message" empty of any meaning. I.e., an "Obama Special". Now, I understand.
Thank you President Putin.
ISIS ALREADY has marvelous weapons supplied by the US government they use to slaughter Christians and Shias with.
~Reporters and military stuff. They can never seem to get it right. The Su-25 isnt a fighter jet, its a close air support aircraft. Kind of a dim Russian attempt at an A-10. The Iraqis had a few and they didnt fare well.~
It did perfectly well for Iraqis during their war with Iran, the problem is they had only a handful of these.
It did a good job for the Russians too in both Afghanistan and Chechnya, greatly outclassed more expensive faster afterburning jets in CAS roles.
BTW, it is not that much similar to A-10, more like A-4 but heavily armored and more firepower.
You can actually find numerous videos of it’s operation on youtube, filmed by jihadis or Georgian military with an aircraft getting missile hits and still attacking targets after that.
You can also find videos uploaded by Russian ground crews with Frogfoots shredded to bits by 23 mm and at the same time missing an engine after manpad hit which actually made it back to base.
They are geniuses, aren’t they. . .just ask them
We are ruled by a cabal of...eleven-year olds.
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