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Posted: 10/7/2015 9:20:57 AM EDT
Fascinating!
Video Link Four Russian Navy warships have fired a total of 26 missiles at the position of the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced. The missiles were fired from the Caspian Sea.The missile attacks came from Russia’s fleet in the Caspian Sea, near the northern coast of Iran. The precision weapons hit all intended targets. The attacks apparently required cooperation from Iran and Iraq, as the missiles had to travel through their airspace to reach Syria. |
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Looks pretty impressive for a military who's soldiers have no socks...It would appear that the ol' Bear still has some teeth.
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I'm kind of surprised that they even have a Caspian Sea fleet.
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Good chance for us to grab some intel on their systems.
That said, I'm headed to Costco for some more rice and beans. |
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I'm calling bullshit on that video.
Lots of old file footage. Propaganda. |
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Seriously, this situation is buggered beyond belief. I'd like to say that Putin has outmaneuvered Obama, but Putin didn't really have to maneuver at all. Obama navigates foreign politics like a blind, drunken, palsy victim with his shoes tied together. |
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I'm kind of surprised that they even have a Caspian Sea fleet. View Quote Fleet is probably not quite the right word for it---a half dozen corvettes (three of which, assuming they are all operational, could carry up to 8 land attack cruise missiles each,) a pair of frigates, some minesweepers, some missile boats, and a few other small vessels. |
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Looked like a Call of Duty video.
When Isis does finally buy the nuke they're shopping for I wonder who they will be more pissed at and who the target will be? |
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I dont know who this guy is or what his channel says, but he's got lots of vids of Russians blowing stuff up.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgcv9Aks4rhtLkLD6RwbIQ/videos |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34465425
Russia's decision to attack what it claims to be IS targets in Syria with cruise missiles fired from warships in the Caspian Sea represents a new twist to Moscow's growing involvement in the crisis. It is not clear yet why these particular weapons were chosen in preference to air strikes - but the missiles would have had to fly a considerable distance over Iraq and then Iran to reach Syria. Sea-launched cruise missiles have long been a favourite US weapon of choice in interventions overseas, so there may be an element of Russia demonstrating that it has the full military panoply of any other "superpower". View Quote |
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At least Russia will hopefully have the balls to take the gloves off and do what needs to be done. We all know FBHO won't let our military do it.
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the computer graphics and lack of a real time film make me wonder about the end shot and where the missiles targeted or if they found the target at all.
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the computer graphics and lack of a real time film make me wonder about the end shot and where the missiles targeted or if they found the target at all. View Quote The internet link says there are 6 ships (corvettes) in the Caspian sea with VLS. The ground attack missile is a 3M-54 Klub (3M-14T variant) link with inertial guidance. Which means it might have hit kinda close to what they wanted to hit. |
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/06/why-are-the-russians-bombing-my-ambulances.html
On the same day the U.S. struck a hospital in Afghanistan, Putin’s pilots struck medical facilities and vehicles nowhere near ISIS. |
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the computer graphics and lack of a real time film make me wonder about the end shot and where the missiles targeted or if they found the target at all. The internet link says there are 6 ships (corvettes) in the Caspian sea with VLS. The ground attack missile is a 3M-54 Klub (3M-14T variant) link with inertial guidance. Which means it might have hit kinda close to what they wanted to hit. Only 3 of those 6 have the ability to launch those missiles---the other 3 have 122mm rocket launchers instead. |
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Only 3 of those 6 have the ability to launch those missiles---the other 3 have 122mm rocket launchers instead. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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the computer graphics and lack of a real time film make me wonder about the end shot and where the missiles targeted or if they found the target at all. The internet link says there are 6 ships (corvettes) in the Caspian sea with VLS. The ground attack missile is a 3M-54 Klub (3M-14T variant) link with inertial guidance. Which means it might have hit kinda close to what they wanted to hit. Only 3 of those 6 have the ability to launch those missiles---the other 3 have 122mm rocket launchers instead. I'm obviously not an expert, but wikipedia says 3 Buyan and 3 Buyan M-class ships, all with VLS. |
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I'm obviously not an expert, but wikipedia says 3 Buyan and 3 Buyan M-class ships, all with VLS. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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the computer graphics and lack of a real time film make me wonder about the end shot and where the missiles targeted or if they found the target at all. The internet link says there are 6 ships (corvettes) in the Caspian sea with VLS. The ground attack missile is a 3M-54 Klub (3M-14T variant) link with inertial guidance. Which means it might have hit kinda close to what they wanted to hit. Only 3 of those 6 have the ability to launch those missiles---the other 3 have 122mm rocket launchers instead. I'm obviously not an expert, but wikipedia says 3 Buyan and 3 Buyan M-class ships, all with VLS. Actually, Wikipedia seems to be correct, based on my knowledge---- 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27) (only 21631) Only three of the ships are project 21631s---the others do not mount the VLS. |
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Actually, Wikipedia seems to be correct, based on my knowledge---- Only three of the ships are project 21631s---the others do not mount the VLS. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Actually, Wikipedia seems to be correct, based on my knowledge---- 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27) (only 21631) Only three of the ships are project 21631s---the others do not mount the VLS. After further internet research, by God you are right and I'm wrong again! |
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After further internet research, by God you are right and I'm wrong again! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, Wikipedia seems to be correct, based on my knowledge---- 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27) (only 21631) Only three of the ships are project 21631s---the others do not mount the VLS. After further internet research, by God you are right and I'm wrong again! Edited, ('cause I left the lab open without responding for a while,) to not point something out I thought you missed about numbers, but which you seem to have figured out. |
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If the missiles were in the same hemisphere I'd be surprised.
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Question ?
After a launch like that is there anything left of the paint on the ship? |
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Edited, ('cause I left the lab open without responding for a while,) to not point something out I thought you missed about numbers, but which you seem to have figured out. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, Wikipedia seems to be correct, based on my knowledge---- 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27) (only 21631) Only three of the ships are project 21631s---the others do not mount the VLS. After further internet research, by God you are right and I'm wrong again! Edited, ('cause I left the lab open without responding for a while,) to not point something out I thought you missed about numbers, but which you seem to have figured out. Yeah, my math was bad when I wrote that , however... the Russians said 4 ships fired 26 missiles. Which means they lied or another ship somewhere has VLS. |
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View Quote That really is cool. I love it! First time us normal people have seen todays Russian military running what they brung (excluding Crimea) I wonder if those guys are laughing and saying "Someone is fucked" |
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View Quote Propaganda notwithstanding, this website has updates too. http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/showthread.php?t=21961&page=54 |
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Yeah, my math was bad when I wrote that , however... the Russians said 4 ships fired 26 missiles. Which means they lied or another ship somewhere has VLS. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, Wikipedia seems to be correct, based on my knowledge---- 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27) (only 21631) Only three of the ships are project 21631s---the others do not mount the VLS. After further internet research, by God you are right and I'm wrong again! Edited, ('cause I left the lab open without responding for a while,) to not point something out I thought you missed about numbers, but which you seem to have figured out. Yeah, my math was bad when I wrote that , however... the Russians said 4 ships fired 26 missiles. Which means they lied or another ship somewhere has VLS. Hmmmm. Looking around, it seems that Dagestan has VLS capable of accommodating 8 3K14s, but I was under the impression that the only variant in service was an anti-ship version, and that the land attack version wasn't in service. Perhaps I be wrong. Dport could probably correct me here, but alas, he is gone. |
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Russia has done in a few days what the US failed to accomplish over the course of years.
The strategic implication is that the only backing for the Fed Res Note as the World's Reserve Currency, the US Military, is ineffective. Thank you Dear Leader. |
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Russia has done in a few days what the US failed to accomplish over the course of years. The strategic implication is that the only backing for the Fed Res Note as the World's Reserve Currency, the US Military, is ineffective. Thank you Dear Leader. View Quote I wonder, is Soros is short the USD? |
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View Quote Yes it is. Damn. Lots of dead kids. |
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Fleet is probably not quite the right word for it---a half dozen corvettes (three of which, assuming they are all operational, could carry up to 8 land attack cruise missiles each,) a pair of frigates, some minesweepers, some missile boats, and a few other small vessels. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I'm kind of surprised that they even have a Caspian Sea fleet. Fleet is probably not quite the right word for it---a half dozen corvettes (three of which, assuming they are all operational, could carry up to 8 land attack cruise missiles each,) a pair of frigates, some minesweepers, some missile boats, and a few other small vessels. The Caspian Flotilla has a fairly lengthy history dating back to Peter the Great. |
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I dont know who this guy is or what his channel says, but he's got lots of vids of Russians blowing stuff up. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgcv9Aks4rhtLkLD6RwbIQ/videos View Quote Syrian Revolutionary Command Council in Hama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Revolutionary_Command_Council |
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This is the first time I've ever seen an Arab armored column supported by infantry. The Russians must have told them they have been doing it wrong.
However these 2 guys take out 2 tanks in the column. https://youtu.be/7Jn1vN5Bz0E https://youtu.be/CD_VIYWGDsg |
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/06/why-are-the-russians-bombing-my-ambulances.html On the same day the U.S. struck a hospital in Afghanistan, Putin’s pilots struck medical facilities and vehicles nowhere near ISIS. View Quote The Russian's play to win |
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