[McGruff]

...Immediately following the crash, Israel launched a furious and devastating bombardment against Syrian and Iranian military positions, attacking twelve military sites throughout the country....

I hadn’t heard that part yet.

[ThunderSleeps]

...the Syrians fired between 15 and 20 antiaircraft missiles...

That's a lot of missiles. I wonder how many distinct targets they were shooting at. I'm not sure what the current tactics are to evade these systems with something like an F-15 or F-16, but if they volley-fired or streamed multiple missiles at only a couple of targets... Well, you eventually run out of energy - altitude and airspeed - with which to maneuver and cause an overshoot.

[SJackson]

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[gr8eman]

believed to be a knockoff of the American RQ-170 Sentinel UAV

I figured the usurper just gave the Iranians the drones because he is such a nice guy!

[Eagles6]

Good post.

[Pride in the USA]

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[BeauBo]

Getting Iran out of Syria is going to be a major effort. It should be approached strategically, to achieve that objective. There will have to be a war.

Time is on the side of the Iranians, as they stockpile missiles, build production facilities and fortify positions.