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Turkey is crushing Syria's army after wiping out its heavy armor with superior tech, daring Russia to step in and save them
[Business Insider] Turkish forces decimated the Syrian army in a series of drone, artillery and bomber attacks this weekend, leaving Syria's top ally Russia weighing how much it should intervene to stop the offensive.Turkey turned its total air superiority ‐ via a fleet of cheap drones and high-tech F-16s ‐ into an operation that claimed at least two Syrian jet fighters, eight helicopters, 135 tanks, and 77 other armored vehicles, with as many as 2,500 Syrian troops killed, according to the Turkish defense ministry. It's left the Syrian military unable to protect its frontline armor and artillery units, which have been methodically targeted by cheap but highly accurate missiles. And with Russia thus far unwilling to directly confront the Turkish military, Bashar al-Assad's army could continue to suffer, paving the way for Turkey to achieve its goal of pushing regime forces out of Idlib. Turkey's defense ministry has been tweeting footage from the attacks: Posted by: Besoeker 2020-03-03 |
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