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News Of The Hour at gazeta.ru right now (
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) is the Kremlin said the Russian pull out from Syria had begun (some MP Battalion came back to Russia today)

if there was a large scale withdrawal now (and if Mr. Assad was able to hold up), I would be proven wrong about what I said in Syria Thread long time ago, which was Russia is bogged down in Syria according to me

(the funny part was Obama had said it earlier than me, but I was unaware of it while posting LOL)

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Dizasta1

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I doubt that Russia was ever bogged down in Syria. The fact that Russian Air Power, combined with Syrian Military and Iranian Military have managed to defeat ISIS, take back considerably large amounts of territory. This is defined as a resounding victory. Had it not been for Russian help, we would be looking at yet another Libya.

Russia managed to not only help Syria defeat the terrorists. They also managed to get Turkey on-board to help with Idlib province.

The only reason I can think of, as to why the Russian President has ordered the withdrawal of Russian military from Syria. Other than the fact that they have defeated ISIS and reclaimed territory. Is that with the withdrawal of Russian military would leave American forces in Syria look incumbent. No reason for them to be their either, if the Russian have withdrawn. It should be expected that Americans should ought to do the same.

There is no rhyme or reason for America to justify it's presence in Syria.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Remember just because the Russians say they are withdrawing doesn't mean that they are leaving. The Russian bases will still be there. For launching strikes.
And now the Iranians are building there own base in Syria.
So even if they decare victory, at a moment's notice they can still make strikes and allocate resources to reinforce Assad
 

FORBIN

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11th Bde equiped with SS-26 remains one with SS-21 to Kursk and a new next year total 13 x 12 TELs + a training Bn with 4 : 148 launchers
At least one Bde have also a Bn with 4 TELs for the LACM variants a 4th Bn.

Iskander-M in Kaliningrad

It’s always been clear Moscow would deploy new Iskander-M SRBMs in its Baltic exclave Kaliningrad. Now it has.
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on Saturday. They were impressively attentive to the military press while yours truly remained in a slothful tryptophan-induced post-Thanksgiving stupor.

Let’s look at what CAST saw.

On November 23,
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wrote that the next “brigade set” of Iskander-M missiles has just been handed over to a missile formation from the Western MD. The MOD paper noted that Colonel Anatoliy Gorodetskiy commands the brigade in question. That is the 152nd Missile Brigade based at Chernyakhovsk in Kaliningrad. For now, the formation is still practicing with its new equipment on the range at Kapustin Yar.

As CAST noted, this is the eleventh “brigade set” delivered to Russian ground forces.
With reported 500-km range from Kaliningrad, the Iskander-M can cover targets throughout Poland, the Baltic states, and southern Sweden. If armed with cruise missiles (SSC-8 or Russian designator 9M729), their reach is
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. Their 2,000-km or greater range allows them to strike targets close to Paris.

Why Now? Why Not?

Iskander-M in Kaliningrad was always just a question of timing.

Since at least 2014, the Russian Army has temporarily deployed Iskander-M launchers to Kaliningrad from the “mainland” for exercises.

As CAST reported, Jane’s Defence Weekly published photographs of characteristic “tent-mobile shelters” under construction for the new SRBMs at the Chernyakhovsk base in February.

But why now? Because the missiles and associated equipment have been produced and Moscow loses nothing at this point.

The Kremlin always said it could deploy the new SRBMs to its Baltic exclave to counter Aegis BMD (Aegis Ashore) in Poland slated for completion in 2018.

There are enhanced U.S. and NATO ground deployments to Poland to assure the easternmost allies in the wake of Russia’s occupation of Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

Perhaps relevant here is the possibility the U.S. Congress will authorize DOD development of a new U.S. intermediate-range missile to answer Russia’s material breach of the 1987 INF Treaty.

And U.S.-Russian relations are the worst since the end of the Cold War.

Next Stop Kursk

CAST adds only the 448th Missile Brigade in Kursk remains armed with the late 1980s vintage Tochka-U (SS-21 / Scarab-B) SRBM. Kursk-based Iskander-M SRBMs deployed to launch positions in southwestern Russia will easily reach Kyiv, and central and eastern Ukraine.
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Dizasta1

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I remember reading about US-NATO ABM Shield to be deployed in Europe East, a few years back. The excuse given at the time, when Ukraine or Crimea had not taken place. The "THREAT" was Iran! Anyone with half a working brain knows that this was hogwash. Ukraine was deliberately ignited, in order to poke the Bear. And anyone who has sense of the strategic placement of Crimea. Knows that whoever controls Crimea, dominates the Black Sea. So Russia was forced to take back Crimea. With Ukraine seduced into lighting up the fire at Russia's door step. There wasn't any other choice left.

Poland, Czech Republic and Romania all are host to components of US-NATO ABM Shield. Iran does NOT have the capability to reach Western Europe.

Russia had lodged strong opposition to the ABM Shield deployment in Europe, long before things went sour. Long before G8 Summit reverted back G7. Long before Ukraine and Crimea. So it is quite evident that this escalated by US-NATO. No one else. Since the absence of a viable threat, there was no reason to justify ABM Shield. Needless to say that most recent countries to acquire Ballistic Missile capability. Have done so, out of necessity for minimal credible deterrence. Particularly when such countries cannot afford $130-$150 billion in defense budget every year.

Iskandar-M symbolizes the reality that for every action, there is an equally opposite reaction. Shouldn't have poked the bear. Rather should've learned to live side by side to one another. However the capacity of man's "hubris," prevails every time and human history is littered with such examples. And to say that the Russian Federation has shown great restraint, is an understatement.

I have lived and experienced the Cold War enough to make the distinction that the Russian Federation is NOT the Soviet Union. That Russian President Vladimir Putin is NOT Joseph Stalin. And that Russia has no intent to invade it's most lucrative customer for Russian Oil & Gas, which is Europe. A prospering Europe is in the interest of Russia, since it means more business for Russia. Deploying ABM Shield in Europe for a potential invasion is only realistic in the minds of those who are actually looking for a fight to happen. So if the Russians ain't gonna invade, perhaps the Martians may take US & NATO up on that fight they're so desperately looking for.

It does beg the question though ... if your "Cold War Enemy" is not biting the bait. Why is it, that you want the fight to happen so bad? Only reason I can think of is a number that comes to mind ... $21 trillion in National Debt. How long do you think you can make that merry-go-round, last?!

Food for thought!!
 

FORBIN

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Better idea than this monstruous Lider in more too expensive with it Russian Navy have easy the double and good ships AEGIS like also
to adress the shortfall in DDG/FFG they have with Cruisers only 27 ( operationnals ) USA have 96 China 79 Japan 44...

Russian Navy Chief: Project 22350M Frigates to become main blue and green-water warships

The Main Russian navy command and the Admiralty coordination council of navy veteran organizations held a joint meeting in St. Petersburg. Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolev delivered a report on fleet buildup in 2017 and prospects up to 2030.
"The Main navy command is positive about prospects of all navy components due to scientific and technical progress. We have already planned over 10 R&D to create perspective warships. Thus, the state arms program envisages that the navy would receive new and upgraded blue (sea zone) and green-water (ocean) ships. The upgraded frigate of project 22350M with high-precision weapons will be the main one. The brown-water (close zone) warships and boats will tend to improve efficiency and combat capabilities. This force will develop mostly due to new ships armed with high-precision weapons," he said.

The Russian navy will continue upgrading the deployment network and ensuring balanced supplies of arms and munitions. The arrival of new warships demands accelerated development of the navy deployment system. The main effort focuses on the construction of infrastructure for new-generation surface ships and submarines, as well as seaborne aviation on the main and operational airfields.

The Russian navy will continue to develop the Arctic and ensure naval presence to support a favorable operational regime and ensure safe maritime operations of the Russian Federation on strategically important sections of the Northern Sea Route - the Kara Sea and Strait, the Chukotka, Bering Seas and Strait, Korolev said.

The main navy development guidelines will maintain the combat potential of strategic nuclear forces at a proper level due to the construction of Borey-A-class SSBN of project 955A and Borey-B-class of project 955B, the development of general-purpose naval forces due to the construction of brown, blue, and green-water warships, upgrading warships with a major modernization potential, the supplies of modern flying craft for naval aviation and coastal units of the navy and the development of precision weapon carrying warships.

Navy Recognition comment:
The Modernized frigate of project 22350 (now apparently designated Project 22350M by the Russian Navy) was first unveiled during the IMDS 2017 naval show. United Shipbuilding Corporation Vice President for military shipbuilding and Northern Shipyard Director General Igor Ponomarev declared at the show held this year in St Petersburg that "they have more powerful armaments and can operate as destroyers", inferring that Project 22350M could actually replace the
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Sunday at 2:37 PM
U.S. F-22 Raptor Allegedly Interfered With Russian Su-25s Over Syria And “Chased Away” By Su-35S, Russian MoD Claims
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I noticed before, but wouldn't quote Sputnik just like that LOL
now though US F-22s intercept Russian fighter jets, fire warning flares
Two U.S. F-22 Raptors intercepted and fired warning flares at two Russian Su-25s over the tightly congested air space in Syria along the Euphrates River on Wednesday.

The Russian fighters had crossed an agreed upon deconfliction line that runs parallel with the Euphrates River. The U.S. and its Syrian partner forces, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, operate on the eastern side of the Euphrates, and it’s a region Russia and its Syrian regime allies are supposed to steer clear from.

“On December 13, two Russian Su-25s flew into coordinated Coalition airspace on the east side of the Euphrates River near Abu Kamal, Syria, and were promptly intercepted by two F-22A Raptors providing air cover for partner ground forces conducting operations to defeat ISIS,” said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a spokesman for U.S. Air Forces Central Command.

The F-22s conducted maneuvers and fired warning flares and chaff to convince the pair of Russian fighters to leave the deconflicted airspace, he said.

“At one point, one Su-25 flew close enough to an F-22A that it had to aggressively maneuver to avoid a midair collision,” Pickart said. “During the incident, a Russian Su-35 also flew across the river and was shadowed closely by one of the F-22As.”

The incident lasted nearly 40 minutes and the Russian aircraft eventually flew back to the west side of the river.

The U.S. used a special hotline designed to deconflict ground and air operations with Russian forces to convey their concern over the incident, Pahon said a spokesperson for the Pentagon said.

Despite the liberation of Raqqa in mid-October, operations along the Euphrates River and in Deir Ezzoir province continue as U.S.-backed fighters clear remnants of the Islamic State terror group from the region.

That region is still hotly contested and is also controversial because of the many lucrative oil wells that dot the landscape.

In late September, U.S.-backed Syrian fighters claimed Russian jets bombed one of their positions near a contested gas field, killing several of their forces.

The battle for control of southern Syria and the Middle Euphrates Valley has been contentious this year, and today’s provocations by Russian fighters and their allies are not the first such incident.

“Since agreeing to this deconfliction arrangement, the Russians have flown into our airspace on the east side of the river six to eight times per day, or approximately 10 percent of the Russian and Syrian flights,” Pickart said.

During the summer, U.S. warplanes down two Iranian Shahed 129 drones that threatened coalition and partner forces in Syria. And in June, a U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet downed a Syrian Su-22 after it dropped bombs near U.S-backed fighters in Syria.

“The Coalition’s greatest concern is that we could shoot down a Russian aircraft because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces,” Pickart explained.

“We are not here to fight the Russians and Syrians — our focus remains on defeating ISIS. That said, if anyone threatens Coalition or friendly partner forces in the air or on the ground, we will defend them,” he added.
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