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Russia Deploys 101 Cruise Missiles, Drops 1.4 Tons of Bombs on ISIL Targets in Four Days
Sputnik ^
| 11-20-2015
| Sputnik
Posted on 11/20/2015 8:39:07 AM PST by 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."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; russia; russiasyria; russiasyriawar; syria
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To: tcrlaf
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:55:18 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: tcrlaf
Russia really is going after ISIS! Amazing.
To: Pearls Before Swine
Ya, what I was thinking too...1.4t is trivial
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:57:27 AM PST
by
556x45
To: rlmorel
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:58:46 AM PST
by
wny
To: rlmorel
1.4 tons? What’s that, 2 bombs?
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:59:02 AM PST
by
batterycommander
(- a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
To: rlmorel
That’s 1400 tonnes.
Much more believable.
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:59:30 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
To: Scrambler Bob
Problem may be using period for comma in European numbers.
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:01:53 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
To: realcleanguy
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:01:59 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: Scrambler Bob
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:03:58 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: alexander_busek
I know, just poking fun at it.
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:05:14 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: DJ MacWoW
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:08:03 AM PST
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: anoldafvet
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.
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:15:37 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: tcrlaf
And another idiot reporter weighs in with a stupid headline knowing nothing of what he reports.
1.4 tons of bombs? Sure.
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:19:08 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: tcrlaf
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.
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:37:20 AM PST
by
JEDI4S
(I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
To: rlmorel
1.4 tons in four days.That's not really that much, right?
To: tcrlaf
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.
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:58:54 AM PST
by
polymuser
( Enough is enough)
To: tcrlaf
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.
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posted on
11/20/2015 10:57:32 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
To: tcrlaf
Is this a Russian news source?
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posted on
11/20/2015 11:27:45 AM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
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posted on
11/20/2015 11:35:49 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: rlmorel
That’s not a lot of bombs. Text says 1400 tons which is more like it.
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