Bharat Rakshak

TSJones wrote:I don't where you guys get the idea that Trump is gonna abandon the Syria conflict.

I'll tell ya what he is going to abandon: Obama bombing reticence.

targets like raqqa are going to get the living f*** bombed out of it.

no more kid gloves.

euros are gonna file war crimes charges against him. no love lost there.

you heard it from TSJ.

Singha wrote:well in this case they are well prepared and actively looking for subs....the Yantar has already ripped up stuff and dropped its own stuff in place over the expected patrol areas.

Y. Kanan wrote:

TSJones wrote:I don't where you guys get the idea that Trump is gonna abandon the Syria conflict.

I'll tell ya what he is going to abandon: Obama bombing reticence.

targets like raqqa are going to get the living f*** bombed out of it.

no more kid gloves.

euros are gonna file war crimes charges against him. no love lost there.

you heard it from TSJ.

The US actually trying to destroy ISIS? Everyone on this forum would sure love to see that.

You sure do switch sides quickly; abandoning your Sunni terrorist pals with nary a whimper? Aren't you upset that Assad will remain in power and those evil Russkis aren't going to be bombed now? You've been effectively cheering the Sunni jihadists, Turkey and the Saudi bloc for years.

What a silly and inconsistent troll you are.

TSJones wrote:I don't where you guys get the idea that Trump is gonna abandon the Syria conflict.

I'll tell ya what he is going to abandon: Obama bombing reticence.

targets like raqqa are going to get the living f*** bombed out of it.

no more kid gloves.

euros are gonna file war crimes charges against him. no love lost there.

you heard it from TSJ.

TSJones wrote:

Y. Kanan wrote:
The US actually trying to destroy ISIS? Everyone on this forum would sure love to see that.

You sure do switch sides quickly; abandoning your Sunni terrorist pals with nary a whimper? Aren't you upset that Assad will remain in power and those evil Russkis aren't going to be bombed now? You've been effectively cheering the Sunni jihadists, Turkey and the Saudi bloc for years.

What a silly and inconsistent troll you are.

I'm not advocating anything of the sort you illiterate jingo.

I was merely describing the donald's probable course of action and results.

Singha wrote:Dog looks fat..plenty of exposed corpses to feast on.

In 1947 migration riots dogs became so selective they would eat only human livers

Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Is About to Strike Syria

Dave Majumdar
November 8, 2016

A Russian naval group led by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the battlecruiser Peter the Great are imminently set to launch strikes on rebel position in war-torn Syria. The Russian operation will take aim at the beleaguered city of Aleppo, which the Syrian regime is trying to retake from rebel forces.

“The attacks are to hit the long-range approaches to the city,” a Russian defense ministry spokesman told the Interfax news agency.

The Russian Navy is expected to strike Aleppo with a combination of 3M-14 Kaliber-NK cruise missiles and carrier-based Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D and MiG-29KR Fulcrum-D fighters. Though Kuznetsov carries only 10 Su-33 and four multirole MiG-19KR fighters, the deployment will afford Russia operational experience in launching combat sorties from a carrier at sea. The Su-33s—which were originally designed as air superiority fighters—have been retrofitted with the Gefest bombsights to better enable them to hit ground targets. The newer Fulcrums were designed to carry precision-guided munitions from the outset.

The elderly carrier—the only flattop remaining in the Russian service—also carries 10 helicopters including Ka-52K Katran gunships, Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters and Ka-31 airborne early warning platforms. However, it is not clear if the Ka-52K attack helicopters will be participating in the initial wave of Russian naval strikes, though it is likely those aircraft will participate in the campaign at some point.

Russian media including Interfax and Gazeta.ru are reporting that the naval taskforce will use Kaliber-NK cruise missiles during the strikes. However, as Gazeta.ru report points out, it is not clear which Russian vessels would launch those attacks. Neither the Kirov-class Peter the Great nor the two Udaloy-class “large anti-submarine ships” Severomorsk and Vice-Admiral Kulakov that are part of the Russian flotilla are equipped to launch 3M-14 Kaliber-NK missiles.

The Russian Navy will most likely launch the Kaliber missile strikes from its forces in the Black Sea or the Caspian Sea. Indeed, the brand-new Admiral Grigorovich frigate—which recently transferred from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet—is armed with Kaliber-NK cruise missiles. It is also possible one of Russia’s Northern Fleet nuclear-powered submarines has joined the Mediterranean task force, as Center for Naval Analysis research scientist Mike Kofman pointed out. “The Russian Navy's comparative strength, its submarine force, is unlikely to have been left completely without a role in this affair,” Kofman wrote.

Ultimately, the Russian naval strikes will probably not change the overall situation in Syria. Moscow didn’t need to deploy its fleet to shore up the Syrian regime; the Russian forces in theatre were already sufficient for the Kremlin’s purposes. The real reason for the Kremlin’s naval deployment is to show the world—and particularly the United States—that Russia remains a formidable force that can project power from its shores.

Dutch submarine approaches Russian naval fleet in Mediterranean: Russian DM
By News Desk - 09/11/20166
A Dutch submarine on Wednesday morning tried to approach the Russian aircraft carrier group in the Mediterranean and spy on it, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.

"Earlier today, at 06:50 on November 9 the search and attack group consisting of anti-submarine ships The Severomorsk and The Vice-Admiral Kulakov spotted a diesel submarine of the Dutch Navy (presumably Walrus), which had tried to approach the Northern Fleet’s aircraft carrier group for surveillance purposes."

Northern Fleet's anti-submarine ships forced the submarine to leave the area where Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier was at the moment.
"The crews of two anti-submarine ships, The Severomorsk and The Vice-Admiral Kulakov, easily identified the submarine that was 20 kilometers away using the standard onboard hydroacoustics systems and data obtained from anti-submarine helicopters Ka-27 PL.

Despite the submarine’s attempts to evade surveillance a stable hydroacoustic contact was established with it. The ships kept track of the submarine for more than an hour and forced it to leave the area of the aircraft carrier-led group," Konashenkov said.

According to the ministry, the submarine's maneuvers in the Mediterranean were dangerous and could have led to grave navigation consequences.

"The clumsy attempts to carry out dangerous maneuvers in the direct proximity of the Russian group of warships could have led to grave navigation consequences," he said.

The ministry official also said the Russian Navy’s aircraft carrier group regularly discovered NATO’s submarines on its way to the Mediterranean.

"Throughout its voyage, a Northern Fleet detachment regularly discovered NATO’s submarines along the route. Actions by USS Virginia, which was trying to spy on the Russian vessels, were recorded in early November," Konashenkov said.

UlanBatori wrote:What do they gain by this? Recordings of internal noise? Smell of potty places to figure out the menu?