Russian *Syria) missile interceptors firing blindly..totally failing to stop missiles

[LongTermGuy]

"Photos of the Syria strike appear to show missile interceptors firing blindly, totally failing to stop missile attack"


Photos of the US, UK, and France's missile strike on suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites appear to show Syrian defenses firing blindly and wildly missing.

An expert told Business Insider that it doesn't look like the Syrian missile interceptors flew in the way they'd have to to intercept the US and its allies' cruise missiles.

Syria says it knocked down 71 of the 105 missiles fired, but the US says all missiles hit their targets. Satellite photos appear to show that the missiles hit.

Photos of the US, UK, and France's missile strike on suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites on Friday night appear to show the Syrian defenses firing blindly in a wild, likely failed attempt to intercept missiles. ...

Before the strike, Russia had threatened to shoot down US missiles heading for Syria and then attack the platforms that launched them.

A retired Russian Admiral elaborated on that threat, saying specifically that Russia would sink the USS Donald Cook with a torpedo if it fired on Syria.

Despite being in the area, the USS Donald Cook didn't fire a shot, and possibly served as a distraction while cruise missiles poured in from ships, submarines, and jets in an attack that the Pentagon says succeeded completely, in that all missiles hit.

http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-missile-interceptors-miss-photos-blind-fires-2018-4?amp%3Butm_medium=referral


Syria fired 40 missiles 'at nothing' after allied air strikes destroyed three Assad chemical sites

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ed-us-britain/

[aboutime]

"Photos of the Syria strike appear to show missile interceptors firing blindly, totally failing to stop missile attack"


Photos of the US, UK, and France's missile strike on suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites appear to show Syrian defenses firing blindly and wildly missing.

An expert told Business Insider that it doesn't look like the Syrian missile interceptors flew in the way they'd have to to intercept the US and its allies' cruise missiles.

Syria says it knocked down 71 of the 105 missiles fired, but the US says all missiles hit their targets. Satellite photos appear to show that the missiles hit.

Photos of the US, UK, and France's missile strike on suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites on Friday night appear to show the Syrian defenses firing blindly in a wild, likely failed attempt to intercept missiles. ...

Before the strike, Russia had threatened to shoot down US missiles heading for Syria and then attack the platforms that launched them.

A retired Russian Admiral elaborated on that threat, saying specifically that Russia would sink the USS Donald Cook with a torpedo if it fired on Syria.

Despite being in the area, the USS Donald Cook didn't fire a shot, and possibly served as a distraction while cruise missiles poured in from ships, submarines, and jets in an attack that the Pentagon says succeeded completely, in that all missiles hit.

http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-missile-interceptors-miss-photos-blind-fires-2018-4?amp%3Butm_medium=referral


Syria fired 40 missiles 'at nothing' after allied air strikes destroyed three Assad chemical sites

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ed-us-britain/

The longer this goes on. The funnier, and dumber the Syrians, Russians, and Iranians sound.

[jimnyc]

Contrary to Russian and Syrian Claims, US and Allies Say No Missiles Were Intercepted

(CNSNews.com) – The U.S., British and French defense departments reported no successful intercepts of the scores of missiles that targeted three Syrian chemical weapons-linked installations on Friday, even though the Assad regime and Russia maintain that most were shot down.

The stark disparities in the accounts underline again the nature of a conflict in which falsehoods have become commonplace.

“Based on recent experience,” Defense Secretary James Mattis said at the Pentagon on Friday night, “we fully expect a significant disinformation campaign over the coming days by those who have aligned themselves with the Assad regime.”

By the next morning, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White reported that “the Russian disinformation campaign has already begun,” adding that there had been “a 2,000 percent increase in Russian trolls in the last 24 hours.”

According to U.S. Joint Staff Director Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, not only were there no reports of Syrian intercepts of the 105 missiles launched by the three allies, but that the Syrian attempts to shoot them down came mostly “after the last impact of our strike was over.”

Further, he told reporters at the Pentagon that the Syrian response amounted to indiscriminately lobbing missiles into the sky, without guidance. That response was both ineffective, he said, and risky to the Syrian people, given that “when you shoot iron into the air without guidance, it’s going to come down somewhere.”

“None of our aircraft or missiles involved in this operation were successfully engaged by Syrian air defenses, and we have no indication that Russian air-defense systems were employed,” McKenzie stressed.

“We are confident that all of our missiles reached their targets. At the end of the strike mission, all our aircraft safely returned to their bases.”

From the British and French, there were also no reports of successful interceptions.

“The mission is a success,” French Defense Minister Florence Parly told a briefing. “All of our missiles have reached their goal.”

“Detailed analysis of the effectiveness of the strike is currently underway, but initial indications are that the precision of the Storm Shadow weapons and meticulous target planning have resulted in a successful attack,” said Britain’s Ministry of Defense, referring to the cruise missiles launched by Royal Air Force jets during the operation.

By contrast, Moscow’s version of events saw Russian-made and Russian-trade Syrian air defenses shoot down 71 of the incoming missiles.

Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...-allies-say-no

[Gunny]

Russia can't shoot down our missiles. End of story. I van the fuckwit is in "I wish" land. They don't have the technology. Bring it Ivan-ski. Your Air Force couldn't shoot down a paper airplane. As big a bullies as you are? If you even thought you could get away with it you'd be trying.

Our pilots will drop your ass so fast you'll think you're a bad fucking habit.

[aboutime]

Russia can't shoot down our missiles. End of story. I van the fuckwit is in "I wish" land. They don't have the technology. Bring it Ivan-ski. Your Air Force couldn't shoot down a paper airplane. As big a bullies as you are? If you even thought you could get away with it you'd be trying.

Our pilots will drop your ass so fast you'll think you're a bad fucking habit.

Gunny. It's gettin' to the point where we don't need PILOTS. The military people flying the Unmanned bombers, and fighters are sitting in a room, somewhere in CONUS, and they get to go home at night...after a long day's work with a JOY STICK.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Russia can't shoot down our missiles. End of story. I van the fuckwit is in "I wish" land. They don't have the technology. Bring it Ivan-ski. Your Air Force couldn't shoot down a paper airplane. As big a bullies as you are? If you even thought you could get away with it you'd be trying.

Our pilots will drop your ass so fast you'll think you're a bad fucking habit.

I was just going to say about the same thing myself. There's NOTHING harder to intercept than a missile, and probably no one has been working on it longer than the U.S., and with limited success. So if these little tin pot dictators in these third world shit holes think we're going to believe that they have the technology to knock down missiles with a 75-80% success rate, they have to be bigger LIARS than Baghdad Bob and dumber than a sack of camel piss.