NATO's European Members Cannot Match Russia In The Sky

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Sputnik: Brookings Institution: None of NATO’s Members Could Match Russia in the Sky

The Russian Air Force in Syria left many Western military experts surprised, as they didn’t expect that Russia had the capacity to carry out military operations with such efficiency, the Washington-based Brookings Institution said.

In the past, many experts called the Russian military weak, especially when it came to air and naval forces. But the Russian airstrikes in Syria have proved them wrong.

The assessments of the Russian military were inaccurate, as often Western analysts seek to discredit Russia's military capabilities. However, with its effective campaign in Syria, Moscow has once again proved these experts wrong, the Brookings Institution said.

WNU Editor: The Brookings report is here .... Russia's military is proving Western punditry wrong (Brookings). The key phrase is the following ....

.... Can Russia sustain this level of air campaign (Syria)? Maybe. Almost none of our NATO allies could match what Russia has done so far in the skies. This was an unfortunate lesson of both NATO air campaigns in Kosovo and Libya.