Reports of Russian troops in Syria

In recent days, there have been several reports of Russian troops and vehicles fighting in Syria alongside Assad.

-Ynet says that a Russian expeditionary force has set up a forward operating base near Damascus, and thousands of military personnel and fighter jets are expected to begin showing up in the coming months.

Russia's also apparently reached an agreement with Iran to keep Assad in power as a buffer to prevent ISIS from spreading further east.

-State media cited by the Telegraph also supposedly shows Russian troops and vehicles already fighting rebels in Latakia. Other social media posts also seem to show Russian drones and aircraft photographed over Syria.



-Earlier in August, Bosphorus Naval News posted pictures of what seemed to be a Russian ship carrying military vehicles heading through Istanbul.

Spoiler

Of course, Russia has been supporting the Assad regime for a long time; that's not news. There have also always been wild-eyed reports about Russian invasions of Syria because the whole region is a clusterfuck of misinformation. But these reports are credible enough that the White House is "monitoring" them.


Discuss.

 

[AnOminous]

I really doubt this report,I don't the Russians are that stupid to field a badly designed missile or dumb enough to not properly train the crews before using it.

I completely buy that not only did they do that, but that they're now lying about it.

And coming from the lying sack of shit country that claims Ukraine shot down MH-17, the U.S. claims are just more credible.

Doesn't mean that they're guaranteed true, but they're certainly more reliable than Putin's pathological liars.

 

[Dudeofteenage]

These missiles are basically vastly improved tomahawks with a supersonic stage before impact.

I really doubt this report,I don't the Russians are that stupid to field a badly designed missile or dumb enough to not properly train the crews before using it.

Military hardware fails. It's complex machinery being operated in high-stress conditions. It's inevitable that it will sometimes crap out. Good militaries don't prevent such failures, they work around them.

 

[*Asterisk*]

Military hardware fails. It's complex machinery being operated in high-stress conditions. It's inevitable that it will sometimes crap out. Good militaries don't prevent such failures, they work around them.

This is quite true. It's also why to this day there are countless failed bombs and explosives strewn across old war zones like Indochina, Yugoslavia, and even Western Europe from World War Fother Mucking Two. I imagine Mesopatamia's the same way about now.

 

[Dudeofteenage]

This is quite true. It's also why to this day there are countless failed bombs and explosives strewn across old war zones like Indochina, Yugoslavia, and even Western Europe from World War Fother Mucking Two. I imagine Mesopatamia's the same way about now.

Where I live there's a hotline you can call if you find old unexploded WW2 era shells or mines in the woods. They mostly turn out to be inert but every now and then one of them "bakes off".

 

[Techpriest]

Where I live there's a hotline you can call if you find old unexploded WW2 era shells or mines in the woods. They mostly turn out to be inert but every now and then one of them "bakes off".

There's still unexploded ordnance from WWI kicking around too. The amount of arty shells thrown around in a single battle there was fucking insane.

 

[Guardian G.I.]

Meanwhile, in Syria...

 

[Dudeofteenage]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ed-since-russian-airstrikes-began-doctors-say