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Caught On Tape: Russian Warships Launch 26 Cruise Missiles At ISIS Targets
On Monday evening, we detailed the Russian hardware being used in Moscow’s campaign to rout anti-regime forces and restore the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
As we noted in our preface to that feature, “watching Russia effectively humiliate the West by bragging day in and day out is nothing if it’s not amusing, and indeed the leaked diplomatic cable from 2006 which outlines Washington’s intent to effectively start a civil war in Syria leaves one completely uninclined to be at all sympathetic to the ridiculous situation the US and its allies have found themselves in.”
That, along with the fact that Western nations like France are not only unwiling to admit that the West's participation in Syria has been an outright disaster, but are now set to "correct" a refugee crisis by bombing the very place from which the refugees are fleeing leaves us inclined to highlight the following video (out today from the Russian Defense Ministry) that shows what happens when a military superpower decides that because an existing aerial campaign has become akin to shooting fish in a barrel, it might be time to do some sea-based target practice on a few Nike-wearing, black flag-waving jihadists…
From RT:
Russia’s Defense Ministry has published a video of its warships firing cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea to hit the positions of Islamic State militants in Syria.
“[Last] night the ship strike group of the Russian Navy, consisting of the Dagestan missile ship, the small-sized missile ships Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich and Veliky Ustyug launched cruise missiles against ISIS infrastructural facilities in Syria from the assigned district of the Caspian Sea,” the ministry said in a comment under the video.
According to the ministry, the Russian military attack was conducted “by high-precision ship missile systems Kalibr NK, the cruise missiles of which engaged all the assigned targets successfully and with high accuracy.”
On September 30, Russia launched its military operation against Islamic State at the request of the Syrian government. Since the start of the operation the Russian military have destroyed at least 112 objects, including commanding pints, ammunition depots and armored vehicles belonging to jihadists.
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"Ivan you Dumkoff, You entered the coordinates for the White House! Quick, everybody scatter"
And so here we sit on the edge of a knife, a lunatic in control of the decision of which way to fall. The knife is starting to move and there is no way to maintain the previous balance.
It is clear that the US government does not represent the people and is a separate and foreign entity. We do not know the US governmet. It is not what it purports to be. It is evil and incomprehensibly alien.
I think that throughout history the people have generally asked the wrong question. The question that should have always been asked, but does seem to to have been is: "What makes the government alien and evil?" Knowing what makes it alien and evil then allows for rational decisions.
We are led to believe that the US government and all past Tyrannies are the one-off acts of revered (if they win) madmen: Mao, Stalin, Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Pol Pot, Tojo, Hitler and on. They actually seem to delight in the torture and murder of human beings ... beings that they think themselves separate from and whom they wish to "master". It is in their writings. Why and how do they think themselves separate and apart from the human race?
Maybe Reagan was actually trying to tell us something with his speech about how we might all come together to fight an alien threat.
...but maybe they have always been here and maybe they are still here and maybe they are not really alien ... just different.
They're getting some good practice thar. Ground troops will be ready to roll soon and stamp out the last of those tearrists. It's no wonder Erdogan is super-pissed; he wanted a piece of the Sovereign Nation of Syria for himself.
Not only have Bush and Barry lost the war but they have handed over the entire region to Russia and Iran with China joining them shortly. China waited until they saw a clear winner and now they have made their choice.
The inepitude of our military leadership is "exceptional!"
Hey Barry: If you ask real nice, maybe Vladimir will let you suck his dick.
... also with Reggie's permission!
Imagine how much crack Obama is smokin' these days. They had to open a lab in the white house to keep him supplied
What camel camp justifies the use of these missiles? I always thought you use them on strategic or threatening big-ticket targets. Is it just for show? Nobody doubted they worked. And the night launch footage is pretty Gulf War if you ask me. I think the Russians are getting way too much credit that their own strikes are doing much of anything, whomever they're trying to attack.
What butthurt! What caused profuse anal bleeding, patient?
There are reports that prior to going into Afghanistan and Iraq the second time, the US government (probably the CIA) spent 5 years lobbing cruise missiles into their towns. They would blow up a building and then when people would come out to help the wounded and search for survivors, they would hit the same spot with a second cruise missile.
I think that if you want to radicalize a population then that is a good way to start.
Note to Commander-in-Chief Valerie Jarhead:
This is how it works when you don't fire 300 flag and field ranks who actually know how to get shit done.
It was good enough for Uncle Joe Stalin so
Oh wait...
So ISIL suddenly becomes "anti-regime forces", not savage head-cutting, liver-eating terrorists anymore?
Puh-leeze.
Oh it gets worse than that.
The US .gov is already trying to back away from the absurd and inane "moderate opposition" label. The line between the liver-eaters and the "moderate" (LMAO!) opposition does not exist, and the US knows it. The MSM is already playing semantics and re-defining them as the "Arab-Syrian opposition."
The old, consummate pro, Sergei Lavrov, came out and point-blank asked "who the mother-fuck are these so-called 'moderate' rebels?" If Russia wants to talk to them, who do we call? The US State Department? The Pentagon? The CIA?
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The Russian solution is very straightforward and elegant: Russia will just drop "moderate" bombs on the "moderate" terrorists, and common bombs on the other terrorists.
What is the difference between "moderate bombs" and "common bombs", you ask?
That is easy. The same difference between "moderate" terrorists and just plain "terrorists."
DUH!
"Phantom" says Lavrov. Awesome!
Phantom Of The Paradise / Brian DePalma - 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5qVJEg3qA
Bieber Nuttinyahoo is shittin' yiddish kittens at this point.
And he wants his USAIPAC congressional payola back.
They promised me a Syrian+Iranian war goddammit! Paid for by the blood and treasure of the US taxpayer!
MOTHERFUCKER!
So maybe we can call this Putin's Desert Storm?
WOOOOOOO! Rus imperial war machine!
War for oil baby!
And I see Russia's military sales increasing about .... now.
This called, "three pointer" in American basketball, no?
" FROM DOWNTOWN!!!" is the phrase you want in a situation like this
As a hoosier and a hillbilly, I salute you.
We call the Americans the Masons. Why? Cuz they lay a lot of bricks.
Nothin' but net!
PURE PROPAGANDA B.S.!!!
Isn't it like 1000+ miles from the Caspian Sea to ISIS controlled areas of Syria? Why on earth would Russia waste expensive long range cruise missles on an ISIS target?
Also, why would a Russian navy ship (Corvette/Frigate class) in the Caspain Sea of all places even have the need to have long range cruise missle? Maybe from
the Med but not the Caspian Sea.
"Maybe from the Med but not the Caspian Sea."
Because the Caspian Sea is landlocked and the West cannot interfere as easily. Besides, 1000m makes for a good test.
Gosh..I did not think about that. That makes a lot of sense. :-)
Tom Clancey did, but his sea was up north with minefields at the entance.
Red Storm Rising. a little dated on the tech now, but worth a read.
Doesn't really matter how noisy those old soviet boomers are if you cannot deploy your ASW assets..
Are we really sure they were scrapped ?
Putin keeps changing the rules and our leaders are the dinosaurs.
to show you- cause they can
I read the article that is referred to below a while ago, the guts of it stuck in my mind but it took a while to locate the article again.
This is why, to quote kianator
"...a Russian navy ship (Corvette/Frigate class) in the Caspain Sea of all places even have the need to have long range cruise missle?"
>>The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed by Moscow and Washington in the far 1987, still prohibits Russia from deploying land-based missiles with a range greater than 500 km. But this prohibition does not apply to surface ship based missiles. This means that nine Buyans armed with a new super weapon, will be able to destroy up to 72 targets at a range of over 1,500 km in one launch.<<
Source
http://en.voicesevas.ru/news/analytics/2999-missile-surprise-from-putin....
So them wily Russkies could, if they want, deploy intermediate range nuke missiles without violating the INF teaty, and locate them somewhere with no enemy vessels present and geographically removed from the threat of surprise air attacks.
Note the article (written 2014) writes only about missiles with 300 km range, stressing that
"Until now it was believed that the performance characteristics of Caliber do not allow a use of these missiles against any ship or a ground target beyond the 300 km range."
We have now seen their missiles have at least 1500 km range. Read the full article if interested, the quoted parts are near the end.
See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M-54_Klub
Let me guess and not one Doctors Without Boarders facility has hurt during filming..
US Treasury department investigating how ISIS acquired fleet of Toyota trucks.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-isis-treasury-department-trucks-used-...
Read another way. The MIC is getting out in front of this story to point fingers somewhere else. Bullshit meter at 11.
Give me a break. This dweeb Rep. Adam Schiff thinks Russia is reluctant to cooperate with the US coalition because they don't want to be embarrassed when the US tells them they're bombing the wrong targets.
No loser. The Russian's will not cooperate with you because they know the US will warn their ISIS minions of their attack plans and lose the element of surprise.
That video is great. But if the Russians do some bombing, ZeroHedge presents it as a good thing, and if the US does it then it is just plain bad.
Of course. ZH cheerleads the imperialist Rus war for oil. The bloodlust and war hawks here can't get enough bloodshed.
Finish to think. You suck at it.
ZH knows exactly who their audience is! FoxNews know how to target their audience with propaganda as well.
We grew into our point of view honestly. Russia is there under legal UN terms. Nato is not. The US effort to knock over forign governments is stricktly illegal under international law, but the UN is not big enough to stop the US.
Be mindful at least some of this is just for show; just to move public opinions into the future. We are being set up for a one world government. "Banishing"the US military dragon may become part of that shift.
Ah yes, the good old days...
That's because we weren't doing any bombing.
If we were, General Norman Schwarzkopf would come alive again with his pointer to show us the video and point out lucky motorcyclists crossing bridges before we bombed them.
We were bombing - around - ISIS. Why bomb all of our own weapons and an 'enemy' the CIA and Mossad created?
Obama is raging pissed that his men are getting bombed by Putin's and he can't say a fucking word about it!
I fucking love it!!!
Let Obama munch rug - during his morning prayers - not like Michele.
Putin calls DC's bluff. Offers to work with FSA to unite them with Assad to focus fight on ISIS.
https://www.rt.com/news/317880-putin-syria-settlement-hollande/
Master stroke. Ball is in your court Obama. Go find those 4 or 5 moderate rebels you trained.
Now the Russians are spending a million dollars to blow up a $10 tent. We may have them.
x
WELL, looks like somebody just took a sharp spade to some of the roots of the US pharmaceutical and fake money industry. the trunk and branches may soon wither
So, the truth comes out. The nuclear material seized in Moldova is standard grade radioactive cesium used commonly in hospitals for cancer treatment. Could have been stolen from anywhere. But the MSM wants you to believe Putin is trying to provide a nuclear weapon to ISIS.
nice promo video! enjoyed the double meaning on the button at 19 seconds in [bottom right hand side]
These low flying cruise missiles... very nice. and used for a reason... to scare the evil ones.... these are hard to track or defend against.... be nice to see some more weapons tested on cia agents and operatives.... ka boom... let's see that new fuel bomb... bbq
and these ships are in a lake!! awesome
And how many videos have we seen from USSA actually hitting terrist targets in the past 2 years, huh?
I heard Obama had drawn a 'line in the sand' asking that ISIS give back all the American materiel they had stolen and was only going to give them another 12 to 18 months to comply - and then he was going to really rough them up bad.
Asswipe Obama would ask the UN to write a stern letter to them
America is going to launch an investigation how it is possible that IS has the nice new Toyota pickup trucks but will not investigate how all these heavy weapons from Lybia ended up in Syria. You know, that affair where that US ambassdor got killed in.
No, that's not accurate. What he did was offer them owner financing at 0% for 72 months with no payments for the first 2 years. What a deal, I tell ya something.
Obama said: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
Alfred: How many more postings until you reach your daily quota? Just curious! You are very efficient and I am sure a star performer in your class! LOL!
There must be many of these cruise missiles in Cuba - thousands..... nuke tipped
No need, it only takes about 30 minutes to be delivered straight from Russia.
A few to ten minutes from a sub.
Cruise missiles are mostly subsonic, below mach 1.
What will come all the way from Russia will be a ICBM,
they first go up to the edge of space, kill their engine
to lose the heat signature then pop open and drop
out MIRV warheads no one can shoot down. ( as far as we know )
Odds are it will be a ss-18 satan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-36_%28missile%29
Iran should be building tens of thousands of these.... these missiles are awesome
I would also add that, this means there is intelligence(Russian?) on the ground most likely "painting" these targets
The Iranian Secret Service with its chief Qasem Soleimani has agents everywhere.
Soleimani was in Moscow recently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani
ooops that one just hit MECCA. so sorry, we will look into it and find who is responsible
That would be the target of a false flag in order to rally the muslem world against Russia.
It would be ironic if Mecca were hit by a meteorite
Russian Airstrikes in Syria - Air Force Operations Footage HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_HZJ55w8Qc (10:09)
Nice launch platform.
Shoddy Arabia is having a Jihad hissy fit because Putin is propping up Assad and all the anti-Sunni elements in the region. Putin's just using the ISIS threat to make geopolitical moves against the US and its Middle East lackeys and proxies. Smart move, too. Savvy.
Of course, in the process, I hope ISIS (Islamic Swine/Inhuman Scumbags) will get all their brains splattered. If Putin fails to do that he will pay a diplomatic/political price, so I think he'll stay on-target.
Russian diplomats are strutting their stuff and proclaiming how the US has been 'bombing' ISIS for a year and the group has just got stronger, and how Russia is showing everyone how it's really done. Potent message, actually.
But don't forget Putin's real goal - geopolitical pushback against the US, starting in a crucial region, to be followed by really meaningful advancement of Russian gloabl leadership, Russian geopolitical influence, and all at the significant expense of the US global position.
This is how you conduct a New Colr War!
Different this time.
3 players in the game USA,Russia and ... dah-dah China.
Will be more like USA v Russia / China and growing number of allies.
Don't forget BRICS+80... There is several dozen nations who have
become quite tired of the USA and its 800+ bases in 100+ nations
and CIA overthrowing governments.
Check out the book Blowback as Ron Paul mentioned to get
an idea of just how bad it has been over the years.
The US sheeple were kept in the dark by the
"Operation Mockingbird" media.
John Perkins in his book mentions the Jackals sent
into nations that won't take the bribes.
"Confessions of an Economic Hitman"
One Russian claims that these are recent statements he captured from Russian news and TV...I don't know, if it is true, but I find it amazing. But it would make sense. Iraq is going to ask Russia for help as well...and then all bets are off.
Putin#1: Russia will not make a decision between "useful" and "at the moment not so useful" terrorist - we will hunt all of them.
Putin#2: No border will or ... can ... stop us by establishing peace and freedom in the whole Middle East with our partners.
Putin#3: I've invited all NATO military officials to Russia to discuss our operations in the Middle East to avoid accidents.
Putin#4: No - I don't have to talk to the US president, I want to talk with somebody useful like US General Campbell.
Putin#5: How is the moral by the US soldiers? Are they ok?
Putin#6: We will not allow "foreign powers" to steal the oil of the Middle East in the future anymore.
Putin#7: Give our soldiers new knives - they have to shave a lot of beards.
Putin#8: Every refugee from Syria can ask directly a russian soldier for help. After a background check you can come to Russia legally in law for free and in a secured way with your whole family.
Putin#9: We will take care of an unlimited (!) amount of refugees from Ukraine and Syria to help Europe in that crisis. A crisis created by the horrible foreign politics of the US and the rise of the IS.
Putin#10: The Russian Federation was and never will be the enemy of an average American.
Blow up all the Islamist extremist fighters, and let Allah - not Obama - sort them out!
If the US does it = good. If Russia does it = bad.
Russia did not need to use these cruise missiles to achieve their mission. This is a showcase of Russian hardware capabilities. They are showcasing this capability both for the benefit of the United States and potential weapons buyers.
rumor has it some targets had anti-aircraft defences which warranted the cruise missiles. Seems prudent to not put your pilots in harms way unneccesarily no?
Because that is what the West does.
Part of the win-win scenario of eternal conflict is you can always selll weapons.
This really has to be pissing off the CIA. They must be planning the mother of all false flags to pin on Russia.
"This really has to be pissing off the CIA. They must be planning the mother of all false flags to pin on Russia."
Whatever they are planning, it will have to do with Transnistria, imho.
Bingo, to me this whole setup reeks of a trap. Some other possible motives:
1. The US gets to assess current Russian military capabilities
2. Perhaps a small tactical dirty nuke goes off in Russia and ISIS is blamed because Russia "antagonized" them
If 911 bought enough political capital internally and externally for the US to do whatever the fuck they wanted for a decade, imagine what a dirty nuke going off in Russia can do in Russia.
Russians are no talking heads. Different culture. They do more than they talk. They will descend on ME and brutally clean up all the mullah states.
US can do jackshit about it as they seem to have already blinked in the nuke standoff. Russia dared them and they backed off - in Georgia, Ukraine and now in Syria.
So if any, it is not in the interest of US. On second thoughts, when was the last time a single foreign policy has been in the interests of the US? So i wont be surprised if they shoot themselves again.
911 brought America a great deal of sympathy worldwide. It was a time, everyone felt the pain experienced by an American.
Today, the same can't be said anymore. More people are beginning to question MSM and their biased reporting.
And the current effectiveness of the Russki air campaign against ISIS makes the ordinary person in the street wonder WHY the US didn't do what the Russkis have accomplished, considering America is exceptional and possesses the best weaponry on the planet.
It isn't WHY the US couldn't do, the question is WHY THE US wouldn't defend unarmed innocents being viciously slaughtered by ISIS.
What is even worse is to find out the same terrorists are being financed and armed by the US.
How does the average person feel when someone they consider their best and most trustworthy friend has been stabbing them in the back ?
US foreign policy has damaged US interests for a very long time to come. Most of America's allies would be reluctant to place their total reliance in the US.
A good test, a serious show of force and real results, the all in one package keeps cost down. I like their style. Good work.
Sometimes it is not wise to strut your stuff
Top dogs allways have to watch their back
All this boasting.
Ignoarance of the past is bliss
Hope they all hit the target! Yahoooooo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSQAZEp3PA
Isn't it funny how many comments there are compared to other posts when Russia is in the title? Goes to show how many kremlin paid trolls there are around here!!
Especially that kremlicunt Alfred Neumann. Piss off you fag shitter!
Helicopt drops leaflets on Syria (The hand of Israel Turns the American funded crank attached to an Arab Jihadist to displace inhabitants on wide scale in preparation of border expansion)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3261603/Don-t-make-worse-Helicop...
And you lost your touch, kid-o.
Do you really think that Kremlin trolls are really sitting there like some ducks? You really a fool, lady.
CWolfRu-"Do you really think that Kremlin trolls are really sitting there like some ducks? You really a fool, lady"
well answer me this. Why is that when anything that has to do with Ukraine, Crimea, or Syria that has toe do with Russia there are a lot more comments by certain people here who tout Russia and blame the USA or Israel?
Everything is a false flag this and that as though Russia and Putin, a former KGB thug, would never do such a thing. Plus how many here claim that Langley is paying trolls here to spew ameikan propaganda hmmm?
This is supposed to be a Financial news site with some geopolitics mixed in that have relevancy regarding certain financial outcomes or events, not some avenue for govt trolls to engage in propaganda right? But it happens
Plus it's been in various news outlets that Russia does engage in this sort of this as well as the US. But I can see with my own two eyes the uptick in comments regarding all things Russia and war on ZH surpass all other relevant economic news.
>Why is that when anything that has to do with Ukraine, Crimea, or Syria that has toe do with Russia there are a lot more comments by certain people here who tout Russia and blame the USA or Israel?
Turn on your brain, pal. My home is a hot topic now when over 90% of information in world media just a horseshit.
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>Everything is a false flag this and that as though Russia and Putin, a former KGB thug, would never do such a thing.
You really have education blackholes, don't you?
For the record: KGB was like CIA, but worked in national interests for glory of Red Empire a.k.a USSR.
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>Plus how many here claim that Langley is paying trolls here to spew ameikan propaganda hmmm?
And why you asking me? The hell I know how much people doing it?
Again, turn on your head and just ask current community about Hasbara Langley and other troll-mercenaries.
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>This is supposed to be a Financial news site with some geopolitics mixed in that have relevancy regarding certain financial outcomes or events, not some avenue for govt trolls to engage in propaganda right? But it happens
Did you know that site policy may be changed because of some IRL threads which are more important than obvious world economics degradation ? No?
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>Plus it's been in various news outlets that Russia does engage in this sort of this as well as the US.
You mean trolling? Or what? So called "hybrid wars" or something else?
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>But I can see with my own two eyes the uptick in comments regarding all things Russia and war on ZH surpass all other relevant economic news.
TURN. YOUR. HEAD. ON.
CabalA$$LickerHomObama must have urinated in his pants
Honestly, I would like to personally meet snafu-Solomon and "Aviationist".
These guys must be good to have a chat.
Both were taken by surprise by Putin.
Would give a long night ...
:-)
Those missiles sure-as-shootin'-Putin be-heading their way.
Way to torch these disturbed little ragtag desert cockroaches!
Hey, Mohammed..How's that jihad working for your scurvy hotshot terrorist wannabes now?
You feeling the terror now!!
And, pssstt....those virgins? Their beards are uglier than yours, so enjoy that little patch of paradise!
Pentacon Kill Industries' snaggle-toothed, our troopian, cadaver peeing, finger lopping, sliced ear amulet toting zombie trash does NOT fight real armies. Define a real army as a group of armed men and women wearing boots and uniforms. So under no stretch of the imaginination will degenerate, drug-addled, baby raping serial killer goons and ghouls pick a fight with the Russian Bear. It is not happening.
Onward to the end of globally subsidized foodstamps...aka Saudi Mercan toilet paper petroscrip I$I$ "backed" dollah.
I liked this comment ...
Russia, fearful of ISIS having air defences chose not to use air strikes and use cruise missles instead tells us?
The West air strikes were not on these targets then, because the same reasoning would have been used by the west and hey "where are our cruise missiles then" or have we started to rehypothecate them to.
Guys,
From the overwhelmingly positive reactions to the damage on ISIS caused by the Russkis, it makes the Administration look ineffective. Not only that, the Iraq govt is beginning to voice their suspicions regarding the US's motives in the "war" against ISIS.
I wouldn't put it past this Administration to engineer an "incident" involving the Russki bombardment and allow it to supply more sophisticated anti-aircraft equipment to take out the Russki planes.
We may see Murican "advisers" perhaps embedded with ISIS coming home in body bags. Gives the US an excuse to supply ISIS with manpads etc.
CUBS WIN!!!!! CUBS WIN!!!!!
Has Obama seen this? Or more importantly, has Valerie Jarret seen this?