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2018-04-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russian military releases full report for US-led missile attack on Syria

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Posted by Fred 2018-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Do they mean the ADS that didn't fire until the attack was over but kept firing into the next day?

The Pentagon said more than 40 Syrian surface-to-air missiles had “no material effect” on the allied strikes, which McKenzie said hit their targets. None of the more sophisticated air defenses that Russia has positioned in Syria were employed, he said.

Pentagon officials said none of the 105 allied missiles fired were hit by Syria’s Soviet-era antimissile fire.

A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under briefing rules, said it appeared that nearly all the Syrian surface-to-air defenses were fired after the allied missiles hit their targets.

Posted by Eohippus Johnson8948 2018-04-18 03:00|| 2018-04-18 03:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Going by official Russian military accounts, the US-led missile attack against government sites on April 14 saw Syrian air defenses down about 70 percent of all incoming cruise missiles.

...HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahNO. Not even close. The BDA pics I've seen so far suggest to me that pretty much every single weapon got through.

Kind of interesting too that we're not seeing a single piece of wreckage or other evidence.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-04-18 05:52|| 2018-04-18 05:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Syrian air defenses down about 70 percent of all incoming cruise missiles.

Just for grins, let's pretend this is true.

In planning a strike, you expect some percentage of incoming to be taken out by the defenses. With roughly 100 missiles launched, this leaves 30 for what seems to be a small number of targets. Given that the targets are 'soft' buildings (as opposed to hardened bunkers and aircraft revetments) and looking at the before & after pix, this all sounds semi-plausible.

Posted by SteveS 2018-04-18 13:51|| 2018-04-18 13:51|| Front Page Top