Merely drawing a red line is no guarantee that it will not be crossed, unless backed up with resources and resolve.
I agree mate. I think Russians and Chinese do not particularly want confrontation it is west who want to force the issue.
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Merely drawing a red line is no guarantee that it will not be crossed, unless backed up with resources and resolve.
I agree mate. I think Russians and Chinese do not particularly want confrontation it is west who want to force the issue.
I sincerely hope that the issue can be resolved without Syria descending further into chaos and more civilian casualties.
yeah aryan besides the way i see it i dont see Russia getting out with out getting burnedI am sure all peace loving people will love this gesture by Russians
when a dog goes mad it even try to bite his own master same goes for US , and nato they know they dont have any thing left soo now they are just making a mess every where to start a new world war and 1st us is just pushing asian countries to fight with each other like pakistan , india , iran , sudia ,,,,, so they get a excuse to make new world war
Russian weapon's reputation suffered a major blow at the hands of Arabs.
Baghdad Bob in da houseeeeeeeeeIt's over guys, now, battles between FSA and Bashar gangs have moved to the capital, his gangs are getting heavy losses. You are mistaken if you think some SA-17, Pantzir-S1 or anti-ship missiles could prevent NATO & Arab forces from crushing those bloodthirsty terrorists. If you follow military situation on the ground in Syria, you would know it's over, it's a matter of time.
Russia should stop helping Assad and Muslims Armed forces should take out Assad and his forces and liberate Syrians form his brutal regimeRussia Send Air, Sea Defenses to Syria: A Warning to US/Wests Contemplation of All-Out But Illegal Military Intervention
Russias chief arms exporter said Friday, June 15, that his company was shipping advanced defensive missile systems to Syria that could be used to shoot down airplanes or sink ships if the United States or other Western nations try to intervene to halt the countrys spiral of violence.
I would like to say these mechanisms are really a good means of defense, a reliable defense against attacks from the air or sea, Anatoly Isaykin, the general director of company, Rosoboronexport, said Friday. This is not a threat, but whoever is planning an attack should think about this.
As the weapons systems are not considered cutting edge, Isaykins disclosures carried greater symbolic import than military significance.
They contributed to a cold war chill that has been settling over relations between Washington and Moscow ahead a meeting between President Barack Obama and President Vladimir Putin, their first, on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit meeting in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos next week.
His remarks come just days after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raised diplomatic pressure on Russia, Syrias patron, by criticizing the Kremlin for sending attack helicopters to Damascus, and amid reports that Moscow was sending an amphibious landing vessel and a small company of marines to the Syrian port of Tartus, to provide security for military installations and infrastructure.
George Little, a Defense Department spokesman, declined to comment on Isaykins remarks.
Alexander Golts, an independent military analyst in Moscow, said the Russians discussion of weapons shipments undoubtedly serves as a warning to Western countries contemplating an intervention.
Russia uses these statements as a form of deterrence in Syria, he said. They show other countries that they are more likely to suffer losses.
Throughout the Syrian crisis, Russia has insisted that all its arms sales to the isolated government of Bashar Assad have been defensive in nature and were not being used in the Syrian leaders vicious campaign to suppress the opposition.
Isaykin underlined the point, but in a way that could also be interpreted as a warning to the West against undertaking the military action of the sort that ousted Moammar Gadhafi from power in Libya, something that Putin viewed as a breach of sovereignty that he does not want repeated.
Yet, as news reports of government massacres emerge almost daily from Syria, the prospect of the United States or NATO acting unilaterally has become a more frequently discussed option, particularly given Russias adamant refusal to authorize more aggressive U.N. action.
Isaykin, a powerful figure in Russias military industry, openly discussed the weapons being shipped to Syria: the Pantsyr-S1, a radar-guided missile and artillery system capable of hitting warplanes at altitudes well above those typically flown during bombing sorties, and up to 12 miles away; Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missiles, capable of striking airplanes at even higher altitudes, up to 82,000 feet, and at longer ranges; and land-based Bastion anti-ship missiles that can fire at targets 180 miles from the coast.
Military analysts immediately questioned the effectiveness of the air defenses Russia has made available to the Middle East, including Syria, none of which have offered even token resistance to Western forces.
Ruslan Aliyev, an authority on military affairs at the Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow, said that statements by Isaykin and others were issued principally for political effect. Moscow has declined to supply Syria with its most lethal air defense, the S-300 long-range missile system.
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This is certainly good news - This should stop Israel and its sugar daddy sharpening their knives and arming anymore rebels.....
I sincerely hope that the issue can be resolved without Syria descending further into chaos and more civilian casualties.