Russia Deploys 101 Cruise Missiles, Drops 1.4 Tons of Bombs on ISIL Targets in Four Days

Sputnik ^ | 11-20-2015 | Sputnik

[tcrlaf]

Russian warships from the Caspian flotilla have launched 18 cruise missiles on terrorist targets in Syria, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.

"On November 20, warships of the Caspian Flotilla have launched 18 cruise missiles on seven [terrorist] targets in the provinces of Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo. All targets were destroyed," Shoigu said in a report to president Vladimir Putin.

"In the whole, during the aerial operation cruise missile were launched from the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas over a distance of up to 1,500 km, and aircraft were taking off from Russian and Syrian airfields. From the Caspian Sea, 29 aircraft of the long-range and bomber aviation were involved in the airstrikes."

According to Shoigu, ten ships are involved in Russia's military operations in Syria, six of them are in the Mediterranean Sea.

"In the past four days, Russia's strategic and tactical aviation carried out 522 combat sorties, a total of 101 air-and sea-based cruise missiles were launched, some 1,400 tonnes of bombs of various types were dropped."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Go, you Rooskis...

[realcleanguy]

Russia really is going after ISIS! Amazing.

[556x45]

Ya, what I was thinking too...1.4t is trivial

[wny]

That’s not a lot......

[batterycommander]

1.4 tons? What’s that, 2 bombs?

[Scrambler Bob]

That’s 1400 tonnes.

Much more believable.

[Scrambler Bob]

Problem may be using period for comma in European numbers.

[tcrlaf]

“Russia really is going after ISIS! Amazing.”

Big Bada Boom!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=Uwzg7SYZKF0

[rlmorel]

LOL, I know...:)

[rlmorel]

I know, just poking fun at it.

[Autonomous User]

[mountainlion]

Alright so I can't type. I heard they carried 105 500 lbers or one “Heavy” One night we had to get up at about 2:00 to move so the “B52s” could unload just over 2000 yards away. There were either 5 or 7 of them that unloaded.

[Sequoyah101]

And another idiot reporter weighs in with a stupid headline knowing nothing of what he reports.

1.4 tons of bombs? Sure.

[JEDI4S]

Have American Armed Forces bombed Hamas targets in retaliation for the terrorist attack by Palestinians that killed an 18 year old civilian boy from the United States yet?

WEEEEEELLLLLL......WE'RE WAITING.

[Randy From Concrete]

1.4 tons in four days.

That's not really that much, right?

[polymuser]

Who would have guessed decades ago that good, real Americans would have more respect for a rusky Pres than our own?

But then, who would’ve guessed Bruce would become Caitlyn?

I’ve never been less proud of America.

[arthurus]

1.4 tons of bombs is not very impressive. That tonnage might be significant if it referred to twinkies but 1.4 tons of 250 pound bombs is just 11 bombs and a couple of firecrackers.

[D-fendr]

Is this a Russian news source?

[tcrlaf]

yes, it is.

[Royal Wulff]

That’s not a lot of bombs. Text says 1400 tons which is more like it.