4 Russian warships launch 26 missiles against ISIS from Caspian Sea

[MikeWB]

They launched them from ~2 thousand miles away...

https://www.rt.com/news/317864-russian-warships-missiles-launch/

Four Russian Navy warships have fired a total of 26 missiles at the position of the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria, Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced. The missiles were fired from the Caspian Sea.
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"Four missile ships launched 26 cruise missiles at 11 targets. According to objective control data, all the targets were destroyed. No civilian objects sustained damage," Shoigu said.



The missiles flew some 1,500 km before reaching their targets, probing their efficiency.


The missile attacks came from Russia's fleet in the Caspian Sea, which borders Russia, Iran and three other littoral countries. The precision weapons hit all intended targets. The attacks required cooperation from Iran and Iraq, as the missiles had to travel through their airspace to reach Syria.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it had worked with its partners to plan the flight path so that the missiles traveled only over desolate areas and didn't pose any danger to civilians.

Four warships of the Caspian fleet were involved in the missile attacks, the Gepard-class frigate Dagestan and the Buyan-M-class corvettes Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich and Veliky Ustyug. They fired cruise missiles from the Kalibr NK (Klub) VLS launchers. The missiles used are capable of hitting a target within 3 meters at a range of up to 2,500 km.

Earlier, Russian warships played a key part in deploying the Russian warplanes to Syria, delivering equipment and supplies to an air base near Latakia and the Navy's old base in Tartus.


Russia has spent a week delivering airstrikes at terrorist forces in Syria, conducting over 120 combat sorties. Now the Navy is joining Russia's Air Force in the operation.

[Michael K.]

Come again?

Published on Sep 23, 2014US Navy warships USS Philippine Sea and USS Arleigh Burke launch tomahawk missile sorties on ISIS targets in Syria.

USS Philippine Sea is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser and USS Arleigh Burke is the lead ship of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.

Original Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/usnavy

[yankeedoodle]

Russian video much much better.  No comparison.  Artistry, vs. idiot with video cam with the instruction: "here, take this damned camera and shoot somethin'."

And, second of all, BULLSHIT.  It says "US Launches Tomahawk Missiles On ISIS," but, the video does not show the path of the missiles to their target.     That's because they DID NOT fire the missiles at ISIS.     

WHAT FUCKING BULLSHIT! 

If they had fired their fucking missiles at ISIS, the Russians wouldn't have had to do it.   Note that the Russian missiles HIT THE TARGET.

[Idaho Kid]

Damn that Putin, or is it Prince Caspian.  Never stops working for the Jews.   

[MikeWB]

Ruskies have had an equivalent to our Tomahawk for a very long time but these new ones are are supersonic. Tomahawk's are subsonic. That's why US is scared of them because these things can pass through most of the ship's defenses.

They also fit in a container and can be launched from one. You can hide these things anywhere. Pic from wikipedia: