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Rússia já ordena bloqueio aéreo sobre o Líbano: prepara ofensiva em escala sem precedentes.
According a source from Beirut's international airport, Lebanon's airspace is expected to close for three consecutive days as of Friday midnight due to, quote, Russian "military drills" set to take place in the Mediterranean Sea. While Russia is referring to them as drills, they come at a curious time while Russian bombers intensify round the clock bombing raids on Syrian targets. The airspace lock down by Russia over Lebanon will quote, " bring air traffic to and from Beirut's airport to a complete halt." Some have speculated that these are not drills but preparations for a massive operation not yet seen in Syria. As we reported several weeks ago, reports surfaced or Russian intent to use tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield. It is unlikely, however possible, that this may be a dry run to test the full power of the modern Russian military for the world to witness. Meanwhile, President Obama maintains a policy of “containment” against Islamic State forces he helped foster. We'll continue to monitor these developments as more information becomes available. Please distribute this to your social networks and as always we welcome your input in the comments below.
Já despacha 25 bombardeiros estratégicos de longo alcance.
The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video of its fleet of strategic bombers conducting their first airstrikes against Islamic State and other terrorist groups in Syria on Tuesday. Groups of Tupolev Tu-95 (Bear), Tu-22 (Blinder) and Tu-160 (Blackjack) long-range bombers took off from Russian airfields and returned to base after striking the jihadists in Syria. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that the involvement of its fleet of 25 strategic bombers will allow Moscow to double the number of airstrikes in the country. Russia has been conducting dozens of sorties against Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) and other terrorist targets in Syria on a daily basis since September 30 after an official request by President Bashar Assad. Up to now, sorties were carried out exclusively by Sukhoi warplanes, including the cutting-edge Su-34 as well as the tried-and-tested Su-25 and Su-24M aircraft. The announcement of increased Russian airstrikes in Syria comes just days after the deadly Islamic State attacks in Paris on Friday and official confirmation that the crash of the Russian A321 jet over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in late October was caused by a terrorist bomb attack.
Manda recado aos EUA: dispara mísseis cruise furtivos KH-101, alcançam até 9.600 km.
The Russian strategic bomber raid on the Daesh targets in Syria yesterday marked not only the combat debut of the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack, but of a stealthy new Russian cruise missile. A video released by the Russian defense ministry clearly shows what appears to be the new Raduga Kh-101, which is slowly replacing the older Raduga Kh-55/Kh-555 cruise missile. The new weapon—which is an extremely long-range stealth cruise missile—comes in two variants. The Kh-101 is the conventional variant, which was launched from Tu-160s against Syrian targets yesterday and the Kh-102, which is the nuclear-tipped variant. The missiles might have a range as great as 3,100 miles by some Western estimates. However, Russian media indicates that the weapon has far greater capabilities. In 2012, the Russian newspaper Izvestiareported that the conventional variant of the missile would have a circular probability of error of less than 30 feet at ranges of up to 6,000 miles. The missile would use a combination of inertial guidance and satellite navigation using the Russian GLONASS system. Some reports indicate it might have a imaging infrared terminal guidance system. The missile’s warhead would pack 880lbs of explosives. At the time, Izvestia had reported the weapon would enter service in 2013. Indeed, given that the Russians used the weapon during yesterday’s raid, that appears to have been the case. There is not much data available about the Kh-102 nuclear version of the cruise missile. One can presume that the nuclear variant will be at least as long-ranged and just as stealthy as the conventional variant. It will also likely travel at tree top levels and it is thought to cruise at about Mach 0.77. The nuclear warhead is thought be a 250KT device.
