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Syrian regime accidentally shoots down Russian military plane
CNN ^
| Updated 8:07 PM ET, Mon September 17, 2018
| Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne
Posted on 09/17/2018 10:48:04 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
(CNN)A Russian maritime patrol aircraft with multiple personnel on board was inadvertently shot down by Syrian regime anti-aircraft artillery on Monday after the Syrians came under attack by Israeli missiles, according to a US official with knowledge of the incident The US official said the regime was actually trying to stop a barrage of Israeli missiles. A second official confirmed that Israel was responsible for the missile strikes on the Syrian regime.
The Russian state news agency TASS reported that a Russian IL-20 military aircraft with 14 personnel on board disappeared over the Mediterranean on Monday. According to TASS, the ministry of defense specified that "the mark of IL-20 went off the radars disappeared during the attack of four Israeli F-16 aircraft on Syrian targets in the province of Latakia."
The Israelis had fired multiple missiles against targets in the coastal area of Latakia where Russian has based much of its military presence, including aircraft. In an attempt to strike back against the Israelis, the Syrians launched extensive anti-aircraft fire, the official said and the Russian aircraft was hit.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: again; friendlyfire; friendslikethese; iaf; incompetence; latakia; maritime; putinsbuttboys; russia; shootdown; syria; trumpmiddleeast
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The Syrian Air Defense Force has seen better days.
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posted on
09/17/2018 10:48:04 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
To: Zhang Fei
To: Wally_Kalbacken
There’s a Homer Simpson in every large bureaucracy.
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:10:22 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
To: Zhang Fei
I can’t keep track of who hates whom over there.
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:11:59 PM PDT
by
budj
(combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
To: Zhang Fei
Looks like the Russians sold the Syrians a pig in a poke to begin with.
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:12:15 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Zhang Fei
It’d be very ironic if there were Russian advisors at the Syrian AA site(s) involved.
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:14:45 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
To: familyop
Reminds me of the Kingston Trio’s Merry Minuet:
“They’re rioting in Africa
They’re starving in Spain
There’s hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls
The French hate the Germans
The Germans hate the Poles
Italians hate Yugoslavs
South Africans hate the Dutch
And I don’t like anybody very much!”
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:15:09 PM PDT
by
budj
(combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
To: familyop
Lol, so they sell their clients 800 missiles of which maybe 20% are good and are mostly in the first batch. But as these needs "constant maintenance" it's almost a done deal they are hooked for life. And of course since you are not dealing with western countries, there is the automatic kickbacks & bribes for everyone involved.
As the Russian & Syrian generals back at HQ are saying " Who cares if you need to fire off 4 missiles to hit a target? We can always get more, it's not like we are Americans, eh comrade? "
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:23:11 PM PDT
by
prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: Paul R.
President Nasser of Egypt was very pissed at the Russian trainers that were in the country during the 6 day war with Israel.
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:25:59 PM PDT
by
prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: prophetic
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:31:52 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/17/2018 11:35:15 PM PDT
by
Spiridon
To: familyop
Yup, the wild wild east indeed!
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posted on
09/18/2018 12:02:36 AM PDT
by
prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: Zhang Fei
Oh but they intercepted 90% of the Israeli missiles...
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posted on
09/18/2018 1:21:36 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: familyop
Does not seem like they have IFF verifiers down there,
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posted on
09/18/2018 1:22:44 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/18/2018 1:42:01 AM PDT
by
OddLane
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/18/2018 3:01:11 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
To: JudgemAll
"Does not seem like they have IFF verifiers down there."
That is interesting. The Il-20 that was hit was somewhere over 22 miles out.
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posted on
09/18/2018 3:31:36 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Zhang Fei; gandalftb
Thanks to Russian MOD it's obviously clear the downed IL-20 went airborne to assist Assad AA units in downing Israeli F-16s but on way back to airfield the operator pushed the trigger.
source:
https://twitter.com/lennutrajektoor/status/1041991837995741185
They probably lost a lot of their most modern SIGINT eq and most of their skilled operators.
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posted on
09/18/2018 3:38:49 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: JudgemAll; Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/18/2018 3:50:01 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: budj
Kill ‘em all and let God sort them out.
Muslims are automatically shunted over to Allah.
Hate to see what shape THAT “paradise” is in, with the new influx of so many tormented souls.
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posted on
09/18/2018 3:52:12 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, bury them in bull feathers.)
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