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originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: namehere
We might outnumder their ships in the Med. But we cant compete with their missile capasity to take out our assets on the sea. Russia can target our assets at sea with missiles stationed in Syria and in russia.
Russian EW systems out match ours. That is not good for our fleet which Are bunshed up in a very small space.
Russian missiles are way faster then ours. Just that complicates things in a small space.
It is not going to be cool to be a US sailor if a shoot out starts.
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
This wont be a ship against ship confrontation.
From our side we would have to fight of SU-34s, 24s and helicopters armed with Kh35 antiship missiles, land based antiship missiles like: K 300P bastion and P-800 Oniks which russia have set up on land inside Syria... These are mobile unit's and not easy to track and target.
Russia probably wont use their fleet to target our fleet but use their fleet to target our missiles and cruise Missiles... The russian fleet have a massive amount of S300 and other sea to air assets.
This is just my two cents...
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: Jay-morris
originally posted by: Xcathdra
Civilian airlines have begun rerouting their flights to avoid Syrian airspace after an EASA advisory.
So what do you yhink of all this Xcathdral? Do you think all this is justified?
To be honest I am not sure what to think.
Russia and Syria started out denying this ever occurred.
China steps in and says the west needs to hear Syria's side of the story before we act.
Russia stops a UN resolution calling for an investigation because they wanted it limited in that the investigation could not determine blame. Russia wanted the investigation and the UNSC to assign blame.
Russias position was odd because they claimed no attack ever occurred.
Russia then says that another group used chemical weapons and the Syrian government was being framed for it.
Evidence provided by France -
Chlorine gas attack
Syrian government to blame because the chlorine barrels were dropped from Syrian government helicopters.
Blood samples taken from some of the victim shows positive signs of Chlorine gas reactions.
To me Russias constantly shifting position tells me an attack occurred and the Syrian government is most likely the suspect.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Jay-morris
Of course it raises eyebrows...
With that said Russia has done stuff like this in the past which makes it difficult to just ignore the info.
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: yuppa
Israel is powerfull military but it can be very quicly stopped. By putting their airfields out of use. This is not a big problem for Russia to do.
Ask yourself why France of all countries is spearheading this effort and is more enthusiastic about military action than most in the current US administration.
Their cant be any meaningful dialogue...