It succeeded as a deterrent. The fact that we won't put our aircraft in it's engagement zone means we see its serious business. Countries that have thought about buying it from Russia take notice.Guess the S400 wasn't much use
Official Syrian Conflict Thread
Futuristic Eskimo
All Star
Ruskis are weak when they put their cleats onGuess the S400 wasn't much use
Futuristic Eskimo
All Star
This is because there is 0 will to lose one aircraft, but if political backlash didn't matter, their systems and abilities would be exposed.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
Syria war: WHO demands access to 'chemical attack site' WHO demands 'chemical attack site' access
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
The RAF operated their old Tornadoes
Syria air strikes: UK confident strikes were successful, says PM UK 'confident' Syria strikes were successful
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
Sky News in the UK cuts off former Commnder of British Armed Forces, Jonathan Shaw, for his opinion on Syria
Thu is not Alt/Indy Media pundit, they are censoring information across the spectrum.
Why are they so frightened of dialogue?
Thu is not Alt/Indy Media pundit, they are censoring information across the spectrum.
Why are they so frightened of dialogue?
The Tornados didn't go into the weapon engagement zone (WEZ) of the S-400. They shot standoff munitions.The RAF operated their old Tornadoes
Syria air strikes: UK confident strikes were successful, says PM UK 'confident' Syria strikes were successful
thernbroom
Superstar
Russian reporter Borodin dead after mystery fall
Maxim Borodin was found badly injured by neighbours in Yekaterinburg and taken to hospital, where he later died.
Local officials said no suicide note was found but the incident was unlikely to be of a criminal nature.
However, a friend revealed Borodin had said his flat had been surrounded by security men a day earlier.
Vyacheslav Bashkov described Borodin as a "principled, honest journalist" and said Borodin had contacted him at five o'clock in the morning on 11 April saying there was "someone with a weapon on his balcony and people in camouflage and masks on the staircase landing".
Borodin had been looking for a lawyer, he explained, although he later called him back saying he was wrong and that the security men had been taking part in some sort of exercise.
After he was found badly injured at the foot of the building on Thursday, regional authorities said the door of his flat had been locked from the inside, indicating that no-one else had either entered or left the flat.
The chief editor of Novyy Den, where Borodin worked, did not believe his death could have been an accident and said there was no reason for him to kill himself.
What did Borodin write?
In recent weeks, the journalist had written about Russian mercenaries known as the "Wagner Group" who were reportedly killed in Syria on 7 February in a confrontation with US forces.
Last week, the outgoing head of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, said that "a couple hundred" Russian mercenaries died in the clash in Deir al-Zour province. The mercenaries were apparently taking part in an attack by pro-Syrian government fighters on the headquarters of a US ally, the Syrian Democratic Forces.
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Last month, Borodin had written that three of those killed had come from the Sverdlovsk region in the Urals, in which Yekaterinburg is the main city. Two of the men were from the towns of Asbest and one from Kedrovoye, he said.
He had also investigated political scandals, including allegations made by a Belarusian escort known as Nastya Rybka in a video posted by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Journalists in Russia have often been harassed or attacked in recent years for their work. On the same day that Maxim Borodin was found fatally injured, the editor of an official regional newspaper was assaulted in Yekaterinburg, reports say.
Much of Russia's media is controlled by the state and Russia is ranked 83rd out of 100 countries for press freedom by Freedom House.
Russian reporter dies after mystery fall
thatrapsfan
Superstar
What a surprise. Russia also vetoed a resolution to allow the OPCW to identify who was behind the attack. Their mandate is limited to identifying whether an attack happened or not, thanks to Russia, and yet people are claiming Assad is open to investigation.:weebaynanimated:
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But but but but it was obviously a false flag carried out by anyone except for Assad.
ZoeGod
I’m from Brooklyn a place where stars are born.
The S-300 and S-400 systems are pretty deadly. Russians are masters of air defense systems. There was a reason no fighter jets went over Syrian airspace because the Russians created a redundant and deadly air system. If the S300 and S400 weren’t good Israel and the US wouldn’t have been bytching about Iran getting the systems. There is rumors Russia may give the Syrian the S-300 and the Israelis are already throwing a hissy fit at the thought.
That's because the Israelis fly over Lebanese air space to hit Syria.
With the S-300, they can monitor all of Lebanon's air space and engage Israeli jets from there
thatrapsfan
Superstar
His point is right though. If the U.S. was not hesitant about expending manpower or hardware to target Assad, the air defense system wouldnt be an effective deterrent against a multilayered assault. But they are hesistant, and the risk of any jet being struck down raises the political cost of action. The Russians clearly know this as well.