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2015-12-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

New Russian SA-17 system in Syria painting US planes, manned flights halted

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Posted by Thraling Hupoluns2819 2015-12-18 00:27|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Interesting. The Russians know who they support - ol' Pencilneck and the status quo. Champ supports the good guys, but he doesn't know who they are. Some of the targets of the Russians and Champ happen to overlap.

Oh, well. I think I'll stick a bag of popcorn in the microwave and await further developments.

Posted by Bobby 2015-12-18 08:27|| 2015-12-18 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Might 'splain that story yesterday about the US F15s being pulled from Incirlik.

Posted by M. Murcek 2015-12-18 09:54|| 2015-12-18 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 I think ol' pencilneck was the only one who was protecting Christians, among others, the only one who was not radical Islamic. Unfortunately, he also was/is a butcher. It seems like Putin thinks like "the enemy of my enemy" is my friend -- a addition to a great power move to gather influence in a strategic area. (Since a once great power was purposefully, internally demoted and demeaned.) Main purpose -- no Islamic terrorists. Bottle them up; let them fight each other. Stop Americans from supporting them!

Posted by pyromancer76 2015-12-18 10:06|| 2015-12-18 10:06|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought that we have the AGM-88 HARM missile deployed, to deal with any surface to air radars that start painting our aircraft.

I wonder - can they be deployed on drones?

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-12-18 10:28|| 2015-12-18 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes they can Lone Ranger. Any weapon that can be fired from a fighter can be mounted on almost all our drones. We have some really big drones that could carry the smaller nukes if needed I would think. Their weight and size are similar to our bigger conventional bombs.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-12-18 12:36|| 2015-12-18 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Given that a NATO member nation and erstwhile trading partner shot down one of their planes, the Russians would be idiots not to actively track anything in the air.

Posted by SteveS 2015-12-18 18:37|| 2015-12-18 18:37|| Front Page Top

#7 There are some things missing from this article. Like, is the radar from the SA-17 actually locking on, or just tracking? They'd be stupid not to track, but locking on could be construed as an act of war. Also, do we want to share IFF information with the Russians? I'm sure they have it anyway, but maybe not a complete understanding. We could create something that would provide limited identification in the war zone without giving away the whole farm. Of course, Obumble WANTS to give away the whole farm, along with Syria and Iraq - the blowhard.

Posted by Old Patriot 2015-12-18 18:46|| 2015-12-18 18:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Lay down a little "Israeli ECM." Let them track THAT coming in.

Posted by Jatle Stalin3515 2015-12-18 19:13|| 2015-12-18 19:13|| Front Page Top

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