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| Russian navy launches missile attacks on ISIS positions |
| 2017-06-24 |
| Two Russian Navy warships and a submarine launched six Kalibr cruise missiles on ISIL targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. “The Russian Navy’s Admiral Essen, Admiral Grigorovich frigates and Krasnodar submarine launched six Kalibr cruise missiles from the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea on ISIL terrorist group targets in Syria,” the ministry said in a statement. It added that the Krasnodar submarine performed a submerged launch of the cruise missiles. The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed the remaining ISIL positions in Syria following sea launches of six Kalibr cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. “The remaining Daesh (ISIL) terrorist fighters and targets have been destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces bombers’ airstrikes,” the ministry said in a statement. The Russian military had informed Turkey and the Zionist entity in advance of Russian Navy Kalibr cruise missile launches on ISIL targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “The commands of Turkey and Israel were informed in a timely manner of the cruise missile launches through channels of interaction,” the ministry said in a statement. “As a result of a surprise saturation missile attack, Daesh command posts, as well as large ammunition depots, have been destroyed in the vicinity of the town of Akerbat in the province of Hama, where a militant arsenal detonated after a pinpoint hit by the Kalibr cruise missile,” the ministry said in a statement. Source: Sputnik |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Well, g(rom), when you're shooting in the general direction of strategic antimissile defenses (Israel) that have mere seconds to react to incoming, prior notification will probably help your rockets get to their assigned targets. And then there's the 'possible response' issue. The Russians have a long history of pragmatic planning; then also, watching how the monitoring systems react to being 'tickled' is also educational. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-06-24 11:30 |
| #2 U.S.: Russia Gave Heads-Up About Cruise Missile Strike The prior warning about an attack on Islamic State group targets in Syria indicates a supposedly shuttered deconfliction line is open. I like pragmatism. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-24 04:01 |
| #1 The Rooskiis are certainly getting a lot of operational practice, what with heavy bombers flying from the Rodina and naval cruise missile launches. Pity the Strategic Rocket Forces can't get in the game. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-06-24 00:51 |