Russia fires cruise missles into Syria, surprised?

2015-10-07T12:21:13-04:00

Russia fired cruise missiles into Syria with a much surprising range most in the west didn't think was possible. A little something to think about. : http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/10/07/4023794_russia-fires-cruise-missiles-into.html?rh=1

Russia surprises with cruise missile attack on Syria

Russian forces supporting embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad fired 26 cruise missiles from ships based in the Caspian Sea into western Syria on Wednesday in a new sign of Russian commitment to its involvement in Syria.

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Oct 7 at 2015 12:22 PM

2015-10-07T12:22:27-04:00

Not in the least! Russia is stirring up the hornets nest. not a good thing.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 12:37 PM

2015-10-07T12:37:16-04:00

Russian do have Area 51 too .... or something like that. lol

ISIS will pull back ... They are not really a tough enemy at all. Kurd beat the crap out of them with outdated equipment, while ISIS has our abandoned US equipment.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 12:48 PM

2015-10-07T12:48:04-04:00

Doesn't surprise me at all, I would assume Russia has cruise missiles with near the same range as the US. We tend to write them off due to the end of the Cold War often times, but they are still a military juggernaut.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 7 at 2015 12:48 PM

2015-10-07T12:48:11-04:00

U.S. weakness is provocative to the despots of the world. I'm afraid that the POTUS has let the genie out of the bottle.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Oct 7 at 2015 12:51 PM

2015-10-07T12:51:11-04:00

As long as they don't hit a "Hospital" full of innocent Dr.s and civilian patients. No surprise. As I said before, it will not take very long to pacify the Syrians. How long did it take to pacify Crimea?

Response by SFC Everett Oliver made Oct 7 at 2015 1:22 PM

2015-10-07T13:22:18-04:00

As expected. And now I expect a stern talking to Putin from Kerry.....Obama will probably be too busy trying to get more guns out of our hands....

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 8:46 PM

2015-10-07T20:46:40-04:00

I am sure that is just the tip of the iceberg as to what they truly are capable of.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Apr 12 at 2017 8:23 PM

2017-04-12T20:23:14-04:00

Perhaps they were fighting IsIs. Like we should be