To prevent Kurds from cutting the Turkish/Syrian border, the CIA are taking control of it. This will keep the northern border open for arms shipments, and free movement of terrorists heading for holiday destinations like Paris and Belgium.
Moon of Alabama is saying ceasefire about to collapse and that 3000 tonnes of weapons including man pads and reactive armor defeating missiles have been handed to the anything but moderate head chopping devils infesting the country.
http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/04/09/1043026/us-deploys-b-52-bombers-to-qatar
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (also known as Daesh), the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
US Air Forces Central Command said it last flew the long-range bombers operationally in the region in May 2006 as part of the war in Afghanistan, and during a US-led military exercise in Jordan in May 2015.
A UN-brokered ceasefire for Yemen is expected to come into effect in the run-up to peace talks in Kuwait.
The ceasefire is due to begin at midnight (2100 GMT) Sunday. It will initially go into effect in the war-ravaged Ta’iz and Hajjah provinces.
This as sporadic fighting was reported in several regions around the capital, Sana’a, on Sunday. Twenty people were killed as Saudi warplanes carried out several airstrikes across the capital to prevent advances of Houthi fighters.
The truce was announced by the UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as a step to calm the situation ahead of the negotiations to be held on April 18 in Kuwait.
There is this interesting post in the lastest thread over at syrianperspective regarding why Russia withdrew the SU-25s from Syria and introduced helicopter gunships in their place as close cover for ground troop support:
“Eskil says:
April 10th, 2016 at 3:37 PM [Level 3 – Praetorian]
Some author from the Russia Insider seem to be scared as hell over a new russian jamming system for MANPADs:
Mid-March Putin ordered a drawdown of Russian forces in Syria. Satelitte images show that what Russians subsequently withdrew was 3 out of their 15 Su-24 tactical bombers. 4 out of their 8 Su-34 tactical bombers. As well as their entire fleet of 12 Su-25 ground assault aircraft.
They left behind all of their Su-30 and Su-35 air superiority fighters and also flew in at least 4 more additional Mi-28 and Ka-52 attack helicopters. Overall since January through March the number of Russian helicopters in its Syria air base went up from some 4 machines to about 14.
Thus the Russian drawdown did not only mean a reduction of Russian forces, it also meant a change in its composition. Fixed-wing assault aircraft were withdrawn completely and rotary-wing attack aircraft were brought in their place.
A Su-25 has different capabilities than an attack helicopter but their roles are the same. They are meant to provide close air support to frontline ground units. So why change one for the other?
The Su-25s the Russians had in Syria were old airframes. It is likely that in a space of six months the Russians flew so many sorties on these machines that they needed to be flown back for factory-level overhauls.
However, this can not be the reason why they were replaced by attack helicopters. The Russians could have easily flown in a new rotation of Su-25s but they opted not to.
Here is where it gets interesting. Syrian rebels were always known to possess some anti-aircraft capability including shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. (Also “MANPAD” as in “man-portable air defense system”.)
However, they were believed to have only a very small number of these as there was a taboo among their backers against introducing such weapons (which could be used in terrorist attacks) to the battlefield.
Recently, however, it has become apparent this taboo has been broken as two Syrian jets were brought down with such weapons this month and pictures of rebels posing with such weapons begun popping up on the internet.
It is also certain that Russians observed rebels being increasingly armed with such weapons, or even knew about MANPAD shipments in advance.
So Russians either knew, or very quickly realized that risks would increase for their planes in Syria’s skies. Why pull out the Su-25s?
A Su-25 is a ground attack plane similar in concept to the American A-10 Thunderbolt II, albeit the Russians really have a longer tradition of building such planes going back to the legendary Ilyushin Il-2 of World War II.
It is supposed to attack the enemy in a dive run and from a close proximity. That naturally exposes it to short-range anti-aircraft fire far more than a Su-24 or a Su-34 which generally attack from a higher attitude and further from the front line.
Thus it makes every sense for the Russians to withdraw Su-25s rather than their other planes, but why then fly in attack helicopters?
A Su-25 is a far more survivable airframe than a helicopter. It is armored, able to vacate the battlefield faster, drops down only for the attack, and most of all – can pull off high g-force evasive maneuvers that a rotary-wing can not.
Russian wonder weapon
But here is the catch. Russian attack helicopters come with the Russian MANPAD-jamming wonder system and Su-25s do not.
Russians have developed an “airborne defense system” President-S which their tests show defeats their Strela-2, Strela-3 and Igla shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles with ease. It makes an aircraft equipped with it practically completely immune to all such weapons except the very new ones, like the Russian Verba missile.
According to the manufacturer this has been demonstrated on the battlefield in Syria as well:
“In Syria, jamming systems mounted on the Mi-28N, were easily able to suppress the guidance systems of early examples of man-portable air defense systems at the disposal of the of terrorists, in particular, the Soviet Strela-2 and Igla-1, as well as the Chinese HN-5.”
Modern Russian helicopters are equipped with the President-S system of countermeasures, but so far the Su-25 bombers are not. The modernized Su-25SM3 variant will boast a similar Vitebsk-25 system but so far there are none in service.
So here is the scary thought: Russians have developed a MANPAD-jamming system which in their opinion is so effective that it makes a delicate rotary-wing like the Ka-52 more survivable than a no frills flying tank like the Su-25.”
It’s hard to understand whether this is a positive report or not
Would appreciate analysis a proper situation update
To prevent Kurds from cutting the Turkish/Syrian border, the CIA are taking control of it. This will keep the northern border open for arms shipments, and free movement of terrorists heading for holiday destinations like Paris and Belgium.
So former rebranded Isis is attacking Isis ? Is this an example of nothing from nothing leaves nothing?
Moon of Alabama is saying ceasefire about to collapse and that 3000 tonnes of weapons including man pads and reactive armor defeating missiles have been handed to the anything but moderate head chopping devils infesting the country.
This is one of your most stellar productions–excellent to the max, Countermeasures of Hybrid War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3oXsVJnzik
http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/04/09/1043026/us-deploys-b-52-bombers-to-qatar
APR9
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (also known as Daesh), the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
US Air Forces Central Command said it last flew the long-range bombers operationally in the region in May 2006 as part of the war in Afghanistan, and during a US-led military exercise in Jordan in May 2015.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/04/10/460083/Yemen-Houthi-Taiz-Hajjah-Ahmad-Ansarullah-Hadi/
A UN-brokered ceasefire for Yemen is expected to come into effect in the run-up to peace talks in Kuwait.
The ceasefire is due to begin at midnight (2100 GMT) Sunday. It will initially go into effect in the war-ravaged Ta’iz and Hajjah provinces.
This as sporadic fighting was reported in several regions around the capital, Sana’a, on Sunday. Twenty people were killed as Saudi warplanes carried out several airstrikes across the capital to prevent advances of Houthi fighters.
The truce was announced by the UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as a step to calm the situation ahead of the negotiations to be held on April 18 in Kuwait.
just in time for those B-52s just went into Qatar to make sure there’s no peace anywhere—unless their real target is IRAN?
Probably why vlad boasted that they might get their 6 year delayed S-300s by September, because it’ll clearly be too late by then.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sx0u9_o2Dt8/UQ7Mxg4hvHI/AAAAAAAAAAg/NTVBjosLDDU/s1600/Map+of+Qatar.gif
There is this interesting post in the lastest thread over at syrianperspective regarding why Russia withdrew the SU-25s from Syria and introduced helicopter gunships in their place as close cover for ground troop support:
“Eskil says:
April 10th, 2016 at 3:37 PM [Level 3 – Praetorian]
Some author from the Russia Insider seem to be scared as hell over a new russian jamming system for MANPADs:
Mid-March Putin ordered a drawdown of Russian forces in Syria. Satelitte images show that what Russians subsequently withdrew was 3 out of their 15 Su-24 tactical bombers. 4 out of their 8 Su-34 tactical bombers. As well as their entire fleet of 12 Su-25 ground assault aircraft.
They left behind all of their Su-30 and Su-35 air superiority fighters and also flew in at least 4 more additional Mi-28 and Ka-52 attack helicopters. Overall since January through March the number of Russian helicopters in its Syria air base went up from some 4 machines to about 14.
Thus the Russian drawdown did not only mean a reduction of Russian forces, it also meant a change in its composition. Fixed-wing assault aircraft were withdrawn completely and rotary-wing attack aircraft were brought in their place.
A Su-25 has different capabilities than an attack helicopter but their roles are the same. They are meant to provide close air support to frontline ground units. So why change one for the other?
The Su-25s the Russians had in Syria were old airframes. It is likely that in a space of six months the Russians flew so many sorties on these machines that they needed to be flown back for factory-level overhauls.
However, this can not be the reason why they were replaced by attack helicopters. The Russians could have easily flown in a new rotation of Su-25s but they opted not to.
Here is where it gets interesting. Syrian rebels were always known to possess some anti-aircraft capability including shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. (Also “MANPAD” as in “man-portable air defense system”.)
However, they were believed to have only a very small number of these as there was a taboo among their backers against introducing such weapons (which could be used in terrorist attacks) to the battlefield.
Recently, however, it has become apparent this taboo has been broken as two Syrian jets were brought down with such weapons this month and pictures of rebels posing with such weapons begun popping up on the internet.
It is also certain that Russians observed rebels being increasingly armed with such weapons, or even knew about MANPAD shipments in advance.
So Russians either knew, or very quickly realized that risks would increase for their planes in Syria’s skies. Why pull out the Su-25s?
A Su-25 is a ground attack plane similar in concept to the American A-10 Thunderbolt II, albeit the Russians really have a longer tradition of building such planes going back to the legendary Ilyushin Il-2 of World War II.
It is supposed to attack the enemy in a dive run and from a close proximity. That naturally exposes it to short-range anti-aircraft fire far more than a Su-24 or a Su-34 which generally attack from a higher attitude and further from the front line.
Thus it makes every sense for the Russians to withdraw Su-25s rather than their other planes, but why then fly in attack helicopters?
A Su-25 is a far more survivable airframe than a helicopter. It is armored, able to vacate the battlefield faster, drops down only for the attack, and most of all – can pull off high g-force evasive maneuvers that a rotary-wing can not.
Russian wonder weapon
But here is the catch. Russian attack helicopters come with the Russian MANPAD-jamming wonder system and Su-25s do not.
Russians have developed an “airborne defense system” President-S which their tests show defeats their Strela-2, Strela-3 and Igla shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles with ease. It makes an aircraft equipped with it practically completely immune to all such weapons except the very new ones, like the Russian Verba missile.
According to the manufacturer this has been demonstrated on the battlefield in Syria as well:
“In Syria, jamming systems mounted on the Mi-28N, were easily able to suppress the guidance systems of early examples of man-portable air defense systems at the disposal of the of terrorists, in particular, the Soviet Strela-2 and Igla-1, as well as the Chinese HN-5.”
Modern Russian helicopters are equipped with the President-S system of countermeasures, but so far the Su-25 bombers are not. The modernized Su-25SM3 variant will boast a similar Vitebsk-25 system but so far there are none in service.
So here is the scary thought: Russians have developed a MANPAD-jamming system which in their opinion is so effective that it makes a delicate rotary-wing like the Ka-52 more survivable than a no frills flying tank like the Su-25.”
http://russia-insider.com/en/su-25-attack-helicopters/ri13814
Read more at http://syrianperspective.com/2016/04/russia-back-in-action-over-aleppo-syrian-army-thwarts-alqaeda-in-north-hundreds-of-rat-killed-and-wounded-in-operation-fires-of-hell.html#R1xc0ykStEyL5mG3.99