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Russia Sends NATO A Clear Message By Arming Fighter Jets With First Air-To-Air Missles
A month ago, US and Russian military officials signed a memorandum of understanding that included steps their pilots should take to avoid an inadvertent clash over Syria as they carry out separate air strikes against armed groups. That MoU has now been shredded, as it certainly did not involve Russian fighter jets operating above Syria being armed with short and medium range air-to-air missiles as a direct threat to other fighter jets also operating above Syria - mostly those of Turkey, France and the US.
Which is precisely what Russia has done as disclosed in an announcement moments ago by the Russian defense ministry, and furthermore, has released a clip as a warning to not only Turkey, but all NATO forces in the region, that any further provocations at its jets will be met with an immediate and proportional response.
Igor Klimov, spokesman for the Russian Air Force, said that "today, Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have made their first sortie equipped not only with high explosive aviation bombs and hollow charge bombs, but also with short- and medium-range air-to-air missiles The planes are equipped with missiles for defensive purposes."
"The missiles have target-seeking devices and are capable of hitting air targets within a 60km radius."
And the video that was released to commemorate the warning to the "anti-ISIS" alliance:
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OK, but the USSR doesn't exist nowadays and Putin is not trying to re-create it.
Just read "The Sleepwalkers" bij Christopher Clark. Tries to explain how it just took 37 days for Europe to start WWI after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. With emphasis on "how" and not "why", as the latter just results in fruitless blame-game. Creepily similar to current events.
FUCK CIA/ISIS.
" And the video that was released to commemorate the warning to the "anti-ISIS" alliance"
Correction:
And the video that was released to commemorate the warning to the "Pro-ISIS" alliance
Doesn't need correction. That's why they put it in quotes. The quotes indicate the statement was from another source. That source being from the least honest and most incompetent government the world has ever witnessed.
I guess the Russians are more ready for whatever than the Pentagon knows about. If I were NATO, I'd just sit this one out. I remember reading more than once that "the Russians don't bluff". I believe that.
The Russian fighter aircraft, not yet in the area, include the Mikoyan MiG-29 and MiG-31 aircraft as well as the Sukhoi SU-27, SU-30, and SU-35 aircraft. Of course we could send over the F-35 as soon as our pilots get their nails done and complete their LGBTQ seminars.
F22? You forgot that one. Uh oh...
AA-10 on the inboard station... for reaching out and touching someone from afar.
AA-11 on the outboard station... for making a close and personal statement.
It's going to be a turkey shoot.
Turkey took a Russian pawn. Russia has now moved its bishop into a threatening position supported by its queen. Will the NATO 'joker' attack the bishop and escalate the battle? Or back down again?
Only hope Kim Jong's nuclear attack on Turkey announced two days back.
We can rebuild faster than they can after the nuclear exchange.
The key is to bomb them as winter approaches so they have no electricity and freeze to death.
We’ll need to walk down to ‘ol Mexico and keep warm there.
Cut that kind of talk or you'll end up swinging from a lamp-post with the shills.
We can rebuild faster than they can after the nuclear exchange.
Who exactly is going to do the "rebuilding" when only 1 in 100,000 people in the entire country survive a full scale nuclear exchange?? Like the assholes running the show in D.C., that kind of thinking is going to get EVERYONE killed.
Northerners needs wood stoves.
Air to air missles on a fighter jet???!! WTF? Who dreamed up this crazy idea?
just what mccain has been waiting for.
turkey did not strike without nato's ok. escalation is like masturbation for these evil-doers.
hopefully all of the neocons will visit all at once-
Turkey should have been kicked the fuck out of NATO before that Russian jet hit the ground.
So now...if they would like to avert WWIII, they need to disolve NATO.
They won't do that.
So, what does that tell you about Putin's opponents?
One flew East
One flew West
NATO's flying over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Saw Mike Flynn giving an interview with German media on carving up Syria like post WW2 Germany or the Balkans (Drina Valley anyone).
This is how policy starts.
Some "insider" makes an "honest" assessment to foreign media.
In two weeks it's talk in Washington.
Then Obomba heads to UN.
Money flows to regional actors to get in line - $3 billion to Turkey already.
Ass-clown FP.
Funny how the three most independent states in MENA got sacked over the last ten years - Iraq, Syria and Libya.
US still has to trade eastern Ukraine for Syria just to bring Russians to table.
Meanwhile Israel is bombing Syria (second time in two weeks).
At some point somebody important is going to take a hit and payback will be a bitch.
Actually $3.2 billion. Our euro is still more worth than your dollar. But not for long.
Carving up, hell will be released first before Russia backs down by now.
In other words, the one Russian fighter jet that got shot down was unarmed against an air to air attack? It was premeditated by Turkey and they know the rules of engagement and they likely knew the two Russian planes could not defend themselves in an air to air attack. Russia is right to be angry. The deal is almost sealed, the Erdogen syndicate is the face of the Daesh.
Polonium Putin is no Saint. He just looks like one standing next to Obama. and Erdogan.
OK, so what?
Oh yes, GW Bush would put Putin in his place, or maybe Alzheimer Reagan...America is a joke, and has been since the Fed assassinated JFK, the last president the US has had.
Funny thing about that is the polonium assassination of Litvinenko was carried out by British intelligence and Russian/Israeli mafia.
So your comment does reinforce western propaganda narrative.
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2014/07/31/theresa-may-raises-an-o...
I talked to a friend last night mid-40ish) who said he's glad Putin (not Russia) got a black eye, 'cause he's a KGB "thug" from 30 something years ago. This means to this person I guess that he is incapable of anything positive.
Is he mad that Russia doesn't accomodate AmeriKa by bending over and grabbing their ankles on command? Or is it that Putin and his team make Barry and his team look like a bunch of indecisive, terrorist coddling pantywaists? He doesn't have to live there, and if the Russian people support Putin, WTF do they care? White knight faggots.
Russia is killing terrorist rabble in Syria and the guy got mad when I said I guess they don't support these skumbags as much as the likes of him, Turkey, KSA, israel, the United Snakes does...
Is he just an asshole?
No, just a dumbfuck. An American i supose ?
Yes. Usually it's the older people who have the ingrained Russian hatred back from Soviet times, but I don't understand the younger people. Maybe it's the amazing power of propaganda that gets AmeriKans to side with terrorists and those who provide support for them,
Do they want the terrorists to win? Soldiers and cops everywhere all the time like a police state? How fucking free is living like that?
The YOUNG PEOPLE know that Russia / Putin is flying his bombers 40 miles off the coast of California.
The YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY what Putin and his bullshit is up to.
The YOUNG PEOPLE know how to read and know that his bullshit with MH17 and the fact that Putins "volunteers" in Ukraine and elsewhere are actually Russian army and Russian special forces. So in other words, the YOUNG PEOPLE see lie after lie after lie out of Putin and they see the truth in about 10 seconds via Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat etc... Putin looks like a lying douche to Americas YOUNG PEOPLE...
BTW. Police state? Maybe you've heard of this country. Its called Russia. AKA a "police state".
Ferfucksake...
LOL then I guess THE YOUNG PEOPLE know how NATO has surrounded Russia and is constantly conducting war games there as well. Surely THE YOUNG PEOPLE know provocations when they see them, even if you don't?
And no doubt THE YOUNG PEOPLE know NATO countries are supporting terrorists to do their dirty work as well?
Do you run your pretty mouth the same when Obama is bullshitting the world left right and center too?
I was comparing younger folks (35 and older) to old Cold Warrior farts, probably such as yourself. Not dumb little fuckhead milennials who COULD GIVE A FUCK LESS what OBAMA is doing, much less what Putin does, as long as he's showing us all how wonderful faggot marriage is and how Black Lives Matter.
Russia isn't a police state. You're a lying ballsack.
Nato v Russia in 99 seconds
oops Polish wall of words from alphahomo - block of copy/paste no one can be bothered to read.
Learn some basic grammar or get dismissed for the attention whore shill that you obviously are.
Honestly who could blame your friend, Americans are manipulated to think they way they do, it takes a certain type of inherent contrarian nature to see the truth.
Most people don't think, they react to stimulus, and America's media is owned, like is its government. Zionists have manipulated the American psyche for decades, and you see the fruits of their labors in your friend's ignorance of world affairs and America's actions.
No. Just you.
Judging by your popularity around here, I think it's safe to say that you got everyone beat in the contest for Head Asshole AmeriKan Uber Alles.
Putin is pissed.
To the Latvian schill...I bit and clicked on one of your links...moscowtimes part owner is Robert Murdoch...George Soros probably has his hands in it too....so please go away now..your info is bunk...
Continued escalation. Is war, there are severe shortages.
Beware of the military-industrial complex.
Hands up if you still think that anyone saying that this is leading to WW3, is a conspiracy nut......
http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2015/11/us-gives-their-prox...
Are NATO nations obliged to come to the defense of a member nation that has been acting like a douche bag?
My Russian colleagues believe Turkey would not have acted without NATO authorization and the shootdown was to expose the weakness of Russian fighter-bombers to air-to-air missiles. Have you considered why it was so easy to shoot down the SU-24?
Because the memorandum of understanding between the USSA, NATO and Russia was supposed to be sufficient to protect USSA, NATO, Russia flights.
And so, Russia sent the bombers without defense against NATO airplanes, only terrorist equipment on the ground.
Since the USSA, NATO and Turkey violated that agreement, Russian aircraft now carry air-to-air weapons to prevent further atrocities of this kind. The USSA, NATO and Turkey have demonstrated they have no honor or honesty whatsoever.
But that's the whole point of NATO.
Douche bags helping douche bags.
(and buying American weapons)
Harken, my friends
Do you hear that music
Isn't it Putin's classic
Prelude to the Afternoon of a No-Fly Zone
John McCain could've sorted out this FUBAR leading a few excursions with his Nusrah Front Militias against the marauders of Hezbollah & Friends.
Yes indeed, if only there were a handful of Syrians in the FSA to provide some Logistics. Boo Hoo Mudda's Fookers.
The Latvian potato trolls are supposed to be obvious. If you're too busy congratulating yourself for spotting their (terrible) trolling, you fail to notice the overall context - that Zero Hedge is a disinformational website. Which isn't to say that everything on it - or even much on it - is demonstrably false. But openly lying isn't the best disinformation. Selectively telling truths is the best disinformation.
WTF is wrong with Putin?
Airspace violations all over the planet from Russia. Japan, Sweden, the UK, on and on even even being so damned provoacative to fly Russian bombers 40 miles off the coast of California!!!!
This guy is actually trying to start WW3. He needs to go. Now.
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Israel: Russian Aircraft Breached Our Airspace
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon confirmed on Sunday that a Russian jet had breached Israeli airspace recently.
Ya'alon was asked about claims by a senior defense official that Russian jets had penetrated Israeli airspace, and whether the IDF had a policy for responding to such overflights in light of the recent downing of a Russian jet by Turkish warplanes last week.
"I remind you that about a year ago we shot down a Syrian SU-24 that penetrated into our territory, and we also shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle. When we understood that the Russians were planning to act inside Syria, we immediately met with Putin and created an open channel for coordination so as to prevent misunderstandings,
Ya'alon said that there had been one breach in which a Russian plane had entered about one mile into Israeli territory, after which the Russians were "immediately contacted" and the plane "immediately returned to Syrian territory."
Holy Jesus Christ! Someone is behaving just like AmeriKa does! Only they not AmriKan! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!! 40 miles off the coast of CA. is int'l airspace and sure as Hell not as close as Amerijets fly to Russian borders!!
Giving you decrepit Cold War fuckwits just a bit of what you're dishing out really throws you into a tizzy, don't it? Call a medium! Maybe Obama can channel the ghosts of Westmoreland and MacArthur into some meaningful action!
And while you're at it, fuck off.
Ok. will do...
BTW. Check the message below to one of your other brilliant posts. The formatting didn't hold but its better that way. Adds to the effect...
Another fail as Golan Heights isnt israeli . It is an occupied area taken by Israel militarily so not exactly breach and why didnt you include Turkish violations of airspace ?
Trolling with hypocrisy. Obvious cretin
There is a reason international airspace is called......."international airspace". The name might give a clue.
Lol...
Apparently you can't read. The Russians VIOLATED Israels airspace. Which by default, has nothing to with international airspace...
Perhaps you cant read what i jist me tioned above. Earning less shekels these days ?
The so called Russian incursion into UK, SWE, NL or other European country airspace is not violation of these country's airspace at all. They are talking about Russian planes flying into "NATO controlled airspace" which is just international airspace monitored by NATO. Anybod can fly there. It is all hyped by the media.
Obama is so bad, at some point Hawaii is going to decide that COLB was a forgery after all.
Russia this, Russia that. Putin, sure is the greatest. Give me a f**** break. Go live there for a while and then talk. Born and raised behind the curtain. Ran away from that b**** and would never go back, except for summer vacay. Go try to call the cops when you need them and hear a busy tone for 15 freaking minutes. I like my damn 2 ambulances and 3 police car response team for a up-the-tree kitten. Thank you very much. Since when having excess did not involve trampling over somebody else. You like your Thanksgiving turkey overload? Oh, I eat too much now I can't move! Well, f****, that comes at the cost of being the imperialist with the big stick. When this country gets dethroned, that's it with the turkey and twinkies overload. Shut the hell up and enjoy it while it lasts - or go to mother russia. They are waiting for you with open arms. Ok, rant over. Flame as much as you want. Back to doing work and end for my first and last post on zerohedge. I couldn't resist this drivel.
Irony! Wideopen with a closed and tiny brain.
Go suck it up.
Pootin, that's not good hanging out your pilots like that if thats true. I'll bet the US has been ready to dance since day one.
Dancing in skies with their deathnotes and deathwishes. I guess you judge usaf by hollywood isnt it shitface
Russia must have done this in the very beginning. And also the following :
Russia should consider Syria as it protectorate officially.
Enact no fly zone over Syria.
Fire heavily on so called moderate rebels & terrorists, moderate terrorists should not be given any advantage , actually they are the source of all problems, they take weapons from west and then pass these on to ISIS, ISIL etc.
No unauthorized ships in water of Syria.
No border violations
Fencing of the border.
DO NOT ALLOW ANY NATO FIGHTERS OR ANY HELP FROM WEST
They are only dropping moar weapons to (moderate) terrorists.
Sad that posts here at ZH have become afflicted by the GLP virus.
It contaminates slowly but surely where free debate and discussion thrive.
But lets get back to the facts.
Russia IS operating a no fly zone over all Syrian territory and beyond into Turk and Cypriot air space.
Given that the SS400 range is 200 miles,
Russian missiles have greater speed and reach than NATO equivalents,
They posses a variety of very advanced and rugged EM countermeasurs for which NATO has no forseeable remedy and which are in full operation in Syria and the Ukraine border area - also 200 mile fixed diameter - system also mounted on jets and helicopters.
Russia will eventually seal the Syrian/Turk border and the Syrian ground forces may retake the entire country in weeks.
Any infringment of soverign Syrian airspace would be a violation of international law and Syria would be within its rights to respond.
US/NATO will continue to squeal like pigs but will never admit that for the time being, at least, Russia has NATO's testicles in its hands.
Anyone remember Hi Noon? do do do do do do do do do...