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David Axe, Daily Beast: Russia Pounds ISIS With Biggest Bomber Raid in Decades
Putin’s air force just uses its nuclear bombers to lay waste to the captial of the “Islamic State.”
The Russian air force just pulled off one of the biggest and most complex heavy bomber missions in modern history—sending no fewer than 25 Backfire, Bear, and Blackjack bombers on a coordinated, long-range air raid against alleged ISIS forces in Syria.
The Tuesday mission, which launched under the cover of darkness from a base in Ossetia in southern Russia, signaled a significant escalation of Moscow’s air war in Syria—and heralded the rebirth of Russian heavy bomber squadrons that once had withered from a lack of funding.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 17, 2015
ISIS brings Putin, Obama together -- Kristen Holmes and Kevin Liptak, CNN
Beware Russian ‘Help’ in the Middle East -- Jeffrey Gedmin and Gary Schmitt, WSJ
Russia's great power game -- Alan Philps, Al Jazeera
Putin Wants Victory, Not Detente -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
The clues Islamic State left behind in the Paris attacks will cost it dearly -- John Prados, Reuters
Ending Islamic State Inc. -- Bloomberg editorial
How ISIS Picks Its Suicide Bombers -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
Fear of Terrorists Ripples from Paris to Moscow -- Catherine Putz, The Diplomat
3 Reasons France Hasn't Asked NATO to Fight ISIS -- Rob Garver, Fiscal Times
The inconvenient truth: There's no easy military answer to war on ISIS -- Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
Four Things That Will Likely Change After The Paris Terrorist Attacks -- Pete Baumgartner, RFE
Why Beirut Matters Too -- Kevin A. Lees, National Interest
Abenomics Sputters in Japan -- WSJ Editorial
How Likely Is a Financial Crisis in China? -- Patrick Hess, The Diplomat
Is This Nation On The Verge of Rwanda-Style Genocide? -- Justin Lynch, Daily Beast
The Next Crisis You're Not Watching: Don't Ignore the South Caucasus -- Denis Corboy, Richard Kauzlarich, and Kenneth Yalowitz, National Interest
Venezuela’s Maduro Won’t Give Up Power -- Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ
Latin America, more communist than China? -- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
4 comments:
Red Star Rising
Now that's a cool plane.
More results of the side talk in Turkey.
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