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for those who remember Saturday at 9:36 AM
Yesterday at 10:43 AM

News Of The Hour at gazeta.ru right now (
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) says "Troops of Syrian Government" repelled ISIL off the route from the above post, but I'm guessing Russians should surge in Syria: ISIL hit behind the lines yesterday in
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in the evening (the info automatically put into the map below is tagged 11 hours ago):
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bottom-right: the scale
bottom-left: Damascus
top-right: where the route I talked about to Deir-ezz-Zor begins

anyway, let's wait and see how the occupation of Syria will work out for the Russians
now this is something:
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in case it didn't show:
"Russian Military blames U.S in the fall of Al Qaraytan says ISIS was able to pass from Rutbah with air recon. ..." etc., I checked the translation of the original source
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fit ... real world Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
 
for those who remember Saturday at 9:36 AM

now this is something:
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in case it didn't show:
"Russian Military blames U.S in the fall of Al Qaraytan says ISIS was able to pass from Rutbah with air recon. ..." etc., I checked the translation of the original source
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fit ... real world Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
related, also to Tuesday at 10:38 PM
the news is ISIL caught two Russians, purportedly in ...
is:
Russia threatens US forces, calls America an obstacle to defeating ISIS in Syria
6 hours ago
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The Russian Ministry of Defense released a statement Wednesday calling the U.S. an obstacle to defeating ISIS in Syria and threatened military action in and around a small U.S. military garrison known as Tanf.


Russia further claimed that U.S. forces are aiding and supporting ISIS against Russian and Syrian interests in the country.

“The main problem in defeating the ISIS in Syria is not combat capabilities of terrorists but support and overtures by American counterparts,” the statement from the Russian defense ministry reads.

The statement comes as Russian and Syrian forces are reeling from a major counter-offensive launched by ISIS fighters in and around the Deir el-Zour province.

According to ISIS’ propaganda outlet, Amaq, in one attack alone the terror group managed to kill 65 Russian and Syrian regime troops while also kidnapping two Russian soldiers.

Amaq posted video yesterday of the two Russian soldiers they claim to have captured in the village of al-Shula.

However, the Russian Ministry of Defense has denied any Russian troops have been captured, according to a report from
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The counter-offensive by the ISIS militants is a major setback for the Syrian regime and its Russian backers.

Just last month, the Syrian army, backed by Russian airpower, managed to break a nearly yearlong siege against the Syrian city of Deir el-Zour by ISIS militants.

However, those rapid gains have been beset by considerable losses, including two high ranking officers within the last couple of weeks.

Russian Gen. Valery Asapov was killed in a mortar attack on Sept. 24, according to Russian state-run media
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“The tragedy that we witnessed, the death of a Russian commander, is the price paid in blood for this double dealing in the US’ policy [in the war on terror],” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS about the Russian general’s death.

And on Oct. 1, Russian Col. Valery Fedyanin succumbed to wounds he received when his vehicle struck a landmine in the province of Hama, Syria, on Sept. 22,
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reported.

Tensions in Deir ez-Zour province are high as U.S.-backed fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces are also battling ISIS militants, just a stone’s throw away from Russian and Syrian forces.

Several analysts have noted that Deir ez-Zour province and the Middle Euphrates River Valley is home to numerous oil fields, which once were used by ISIS to finance the terror regime’s operations.

The congested battle space and contention over control of lucrative oil fields have resulted in alleged bombings by Russian aircraft on two separate occasions.

“We emphasize that we will not stay silent, and we will use our right to legitimate defense and retaliate,” the SDF general command said in statement after an alleged strike Sept. 25 by Russian aircraft wounded several SDF fighters.

The U.S. garrison at Tanf, near the Syria-Iraq border, houses a handful of U.S. special operators and vetted Syrian partner forces. U.S. troops at the outpost are tasked with training former Syrian opposition fighters in the fight against ISIS.

The small garrison has been a spot of tension and drama between the U.S. and the Syrian regime and its Iranian proxy forces.

Over the summer, U.S. aircraft downed two Iranian Shahed 129 drones and conducted several defensive attacks against Iranian-backed militias who encroached on a 50-kilometer deconfliction bubble established by the U.S. around the small outpost.

“If the US considers such operations to be unforeseen accidents, then the Russian Aerospace Forces are ready to eliminate all such ‘accidents’ in the covered zone,” the Russian statement says, referring to the U.S. military garrison at Tanf.

However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a more conciliatory message to the U.S.-led coalition, calling for U.S. aircraft to take part in strikes against Jabhat al-Nusra — an al Qaida offshoot that controls much of Idlib province in Syria.

“We would like the United States and the coalition it leads to feel free to coordinate its operations with the Syrian army and the Russian aerospace group,” he said at an international conference on Wednesday, Russian controlled
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media reported. “Also, it is necessary to ensure the coalition should fight not only against the Islamic State, but also against Jabhat al-Nusra, which for some reason remained untouchable back under the Obama administration.”

Military Times has reached out to officials in Baghdad for comment about the Russian statement and has yet to receive a response.
 
Jul 14, 2017
Turkey agrees to pay Russia $2.5B for S-400 missile systems, official says
Published 18 hours ago
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LOL noticed this topic in Russian Internet; most guys seemed to think it's something like this:
LOL!
and now the prospective buyer is Saudi Arabia ... is basically what РИА says:
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related:
Saudi king's visit to Russia heralds shift in global power structures
Thursday 5 October 2017 17.38 BST
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Yesterday at 8:48 PM
Jul 14, 2017

and now the prospective buyer is Saudi Arabia ... is basically what РИА says:
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related:
Saudi king's visit to Russia heralds shift in global power structures
Thursday 5 October 2017 17.38 BST
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That rumble under your feet you sensed this morning was the earthquake caused by the decision of one of America’s closest allies, Saudis Arabia, to join Turkey in buying Russia’s
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.

The announcement carried extra diplomatic weight as Saudi King Salman was visiting Russia when the Saudis made the announcement.

Former NATO and European Command leader, retired Adm. James Stavridis, called the sale “a step backwards in US foreign and defense policy.” Since World War II, when President Roosevelt agreed with King Faisal that we would
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in return for access to their oil, the kingdom has been one of our closest allies, notwithstanding the 911 attacks led by Saudi citizens.

“While the enormous global arms market is a free trade zone, it is disconcerting to see close US Allies like Turkey and Saudi Arabia buying significant systems like the S-400 air defense from Russia,” Stavridis, now the dean of the Fletcher School of law and Diplomacy, writes in an email. “It decreases interoperability, opens up cyber vulnerabilities, exposes additional real intelligence to Russia, and reduces the tendency of the US to truly open its technology transfer process to partners.”

While Stavridis, long known as a warrior-diplomat, does not say it explicitly, his comment about tech transfer is seminal. Should Saudi Arabia proceed with this sale, it may lead to the United States deciding not to sell advanced command and control systems or aircraft to them. Why? Fear that the Russians could get access to highly classified data about our systems’ vulnerabilities.

One of America’s top experts on arms sales was surprised by the Saudi’s announcement, as he suspects was the US government. “This is especially surprising given Trump’s announcement during his Saudi visit that his administration approved a very large package of defense systems for Saudi Arabia. That suggests USG officials knew nothing about the Saudi S-400 decision,” writes Frank Cevasco, former longtime head of international affairs at the Pentagon and a veteran consultant to American and foreign companies on arms sales.

The impact of this sale will reverberate well beyond the simple purchase of the S-400, Cevasco says. Military operations and intelligence may be affected. “The US has a large number of personnel, communications systems, military aircraft, ships, and vehicles in the region.

“The Saudi’s will not be able to link the S-400 with Saudi’s current (US and Europe-sourced) infrastructure, nor will they be able to connect the S-400 with US systems. More troubling to me is that Russia will gain a foothold in a nation that for decades has depended largely on defense systems acquired from the US and Europe,” he writes. “That alone ensured a measure of interoperability among US, European and Saudi forces. That interoperability will remain in most areas, but not in the air and missile defense realms. While I don’t have any first hand insight, I worry that the Russian system may contain a capability to collect electronic signals from US and allied emissions.”

Turkey also upset the Western allies by choosing the S-400 over US or European systems. Cevasco, who wasn’t involved in either the sale to Turkey or Saudi Arabia, says he suspects
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to select the S-400 was driven in part by Turkey’s wish to signal to the US and NATO that “it will do what it perceives as its best interests.” He also bets that Russia “offered a very inviting price (driven by a desire to capture a place in a NATO member nation), and offered technology transfer and industrial participation of a magnitude the US would never consider.”

And, in a comment that will be read with glum faces by many In the US defense industry, Cevasco says the Saudis may have acted because of the long and difficult history of their experience buying advanced weapons over the last 30 years. Most sales, he notes, “were achieved only after much hand-wringing by Washington’s political community and Executive Branch staffs.” With his usual deft touch, Cevasco wryly notes that he suspects “decisions come substantially faster in Moscow than in Washington.”

A former senior official of
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characterized the purchase as “quite surprising in terms of strategic balance.” The source noted the irony that “the Saudis are angry with the US since the Iran agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), while the Russians are clear supporters of Iran…”

And it certainly raises interesting questions about
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President Donald Trump announced during his recent visit to the oil-rich kingdom. Given how much of that sale is, to say the least, fuzzy, the S-400 decision also raises questions about how committed the Saudis are to much of the future US arms sales.
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Yesterday at 9:36 PM
I guess some would tell you #1 Russian Military News Of Today was lobbying Kalibrs off a sub in the Med into Syria, but I think it's this:
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reportedly Russian helos trying to save
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from ISIL
and today a Night Hunter down:

Подробнее на ТАСС:
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says it made an emergency landing due to a technical glitch in
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I'll leave it at the official
 
Jul 1, 2017
...

I figured the Pantsir-ME should replace the Kashtan:
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the billboard vaunts it as providing, quote, universal and sufficient anti-aircraft defense for all classes of warships, end quote
and according to NavalToday
Russian Navy to receive navalized Pantsir-ME weapon system soon
The Russian Navy will soon receive the first batch of the Pantsir-ME naval missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon systems, the weapon manufacturer said recently.

Alexander Denisov, general director of the High Precision Complex holding company, which includes Pantsir-ME manufacturer KBP, told journalists in late September that the system would be soon put into service with the Russian Navy without providing specific timelines.

Russia intends to equip its large surface combatants, including the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, with this system which includes protection against low-flying and small-size unmanned aerial vehicles.

Pantsir-ME is being procured to replace the obsolete 3М87 Kortik (Dirk) close-in weapons system.

Pantsir-ME combines artillery armament, a multimode missile armament and an integrated radar-optical armament control system in a single turret mount.

The control system features a multifunction radar station with a phased antenna radar and allows for a simultaneous engagement of 4 targets at a time.

Ships operating the system will be able to first open fire on a target with missiles and then, if the target still breaks through, use artillery to neutralize it.

Missiles fitted on the system have a range of 20 kilometers in length and 15 kilometers in height. Maximum artillery range is 400 meters. The system will also be capable of fielding the Hermes-K guided missile.

KBP, the system manufacturer, says the system can be installed on ships displacing over 300 tonnes.
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Today at 7:02 AM
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source is BreakingDefense
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Saudi Arabia agrees to buy Russian S-400 air defense system: Arabiya TV
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"... Saudi Arabian Military Industries ...
said the MoU with Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport came in the context of contracts signed to procure the S-400, the Kornet-EM system, the TOS-1A, the AGS-30 and the Kalashnikov AK-103"

Kornet is an ATGM; TOS-1A: an MLRS; AGS-30: an automatic grenade launcher
 
Aug 30, 2017
Jul 23, 2017

and the Vasilyi Bykov, the first of Project 22160, has been launched most recently according to the social media account:
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... and I'm wondering if they faked the double rainbow :)
now she's being transported from
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to Kerch (I'm guessing into
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) for finishing, testing:
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delft

Brigadier
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Today at 7:02 AM

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Saudi Arabia agrees to buy Russian S-400 air defense system: Arabiya TV
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"... Saudi Arabian Military Industries ...
said the MoU with Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport came in the context of contracts signed to procure the S-400, the Kornet-EM system, the TOS-1A, the AGS-30 and the Kalashnikov AK-103"

Kornet is an ATGM; TOS-1A: an MLRS; AGS-30: an automatic grenade launcher
Today I find this in The Independent:
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US approves $15 billion THAAD missile defense sale to Saudi Arabia
Pentagon says State Department has signed off on deal

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    Washington DC
  • 11 hours agoThe US State Department has approved the possible sale of a anti-missile defence system to
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    at an estimated cost of $15 billion, the Pentagon has said as it labelled Iran a regional threat.

  • Saudi Arabia asked to purchase 44 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launchers and 360 missiles, as well as fire control stations and radars.

    “This sale furthers US national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian and other regional threats,” the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation agency said in a statement.
  • Will KSA still be interested in THAAD?



 
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