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Post G20 summit war tools positioning. Silence in the media.
I think it all awaits a momentum. Should USA choose to strike you would have strong tone in the Congress why it is right to do so.
Russia wants to insure that it keeps the port and will over-protect to establish such.
So.....do you think they will get to keep it? If things are like Graham says and its all a prelude to Iran and that is imminent. Then why wouldn't the Russians see that and do what they gotta do.
Russia wants to insure that it keeps the port and will over-protect to establish such.
I wonder what would happen if the rebels seize control of that port? Would Russia hesitate to send forces to intervene
Absolutely, Russia keeps the port. I believe they will also be promised oil pipeline projects to make up for revenue lost in regime change.
Russia has no intention of going to war for (or against) the Iranian regime.
I wonder what would happen if the rebels seize control of that port? Would Russia hesitate to send forces to intervene
So then.....you think there was a deal with the Saud and the Russians over gas revenues for Europe then Right? Like they had up before.
Do you think Russia can say screw it we don't need any other allies but China going forward?
Absolutely, Russia keeps the port. I believe they will also be promised oil pipeline projects to make up for revenue lost in regime change.
Russia has no intention of going to war for (or against) the Iranian regime.
This situation could go beyond a proxy war.
Last I heard, Russia had several thousand Marines on the ground there.I wonder what would happen if the rebels seize control of that port? Would Russia hesitate to send forces to intervene
I think this'll definitely be a proxy war. The Russians have already sent Assad SAM's capable of reaching into Israeli airspace, and I doubt that is all they sold them. I'm sure there was something on the side, kept under the table.It appears we have sent a 135C that will be monitoring for Nukes and could possibly detect Chems. We also now are talking about using Bombers. That's Right.....Bombers. Hope they are Unmanned ones.
Russian warships – at least three of them – are on their way to the eastern Mediterranean waters off Syria. A Russian official says they are a means for Russian civilians to escape Syria in the event of US airstrikes. But the ships can do oh so much more.
Russian warships are gathering in the waters off Syria. According to AFP, three ships from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet sailed through Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait on Thursday: the SSV-201 intelligence-gathering ship Priazovye, and the landing ships Minsk and Novocherkassk.
More might be on the way. A frigate and another landing ship are ready to head to the eastern Mediterranean from the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol, according to CBS News.
Why is Moscow ordering so much sea power to the region?
US and Russian warships are not the only military assets now gathering in the region.
American and allied aircraft are assembling at bases near – or on the way to – Syria, as well. US cargo aircraft are flying into Incirlik in southern Turkey, according to the plane-tracking blog "The Aviationist."
France has moved two Atlantique reconnaissance and signal intelligence aircraft to a base on Cyprus. In late August, a US WC-135C atmospheric collection aircraft was spotted flying east south of Great Britain. Generally considered a radiation monitoring asset, the WC-135C might be able to detect release of chemical weapons.
Given the delay as the US Congress debates whether to authorize limited Syrian action, the Pentagon has been refining its target set. Bombers as well as cruise missiles may now be needed to carry out US plans.
If that’s so, tanker aircraft will also have to preposition along attack routes. A B-2 stealth bomber would require five refuelings to reach Syria from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.....snip~
Russian warships: Why are they sailing toward Syria?
No, it can't. Russia is not going to war against the West for Assad nor the Iranian regime.
No, it can't. Russia is not going to war against the West for Assad nor the Iranian regime.
Simpleχity;1062286696 said:The only Russian warship worth mentioning in the Mediterranean currently is the guided-missile cruiser Moskva.
Well they don't have to.....if going forward they think that they will be isolated. Then they would be looking at their own interests.
Stranger things have happened.
If you think Russia, who actually has horses in the race, are just going to sit by and let us have our way, UR dreaming.
Three additional Russian warships – SSV-201 intelligence ship Priazovye and two landing ships Minsk and Novocherkassk crossed Bosphorus strait, France Press agency reported from Istanbul.
I think this'll definitely be a proxy war. The Russians have already sent Assad SAM's capable of reaching into Israeli airspace, and I doubt that is all they sold them. I'm sure there was something on the side, kept under the table.
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