CNN: Inside Kremlin's creeping military campaign in Syria
Hmeymim airbase, Latakia, Syria (CNN)Russians are renowned for their endless patience -- and I sometimes feel they like to test us foreigners whenever they can.
Certainly our journey into Syria with the Russian defense ministry was testing: Seven hours on a bus to a military airport outside Moscow, three hours going through security, then six hours on a Soviet-era Tupolev passenger jet to Syria.
It was 4 a.m. when we finally touched down, bleary-eyed, at the Hmeymin Air Base in Latakia on northwest Syria's Mediterranean coast, the staging ground for Russia's air war against Islamist terror groups fighting for control of Syria.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 21, 2015
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China Tells U.S. to Stop Flexing Military Muscle in Asia -- Bloomberg
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Philippines vows stronger military to back South China Sea claim -- Reuters
Vietnam to Get Fifth Kilo Submarine from Russia in Early 2016 -- The Diplomat
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Turkey Tests Armed Drone -- Defense News
Israel finishes testing new missile system built with $150mn US aid -- RT
IDF names new commanders of Ground Forces, Navy -- Jerusalem Post
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US Navy Prepares Carrier Strike Group to Kick Off Great Green Fleet -- Military.com
US Navy investigating damage to guided-missile submarine that struck buoy -- CNN
US Senator pressures Navy to punish SEALs commander -- Daily Press
Notorious U.S. Army blimp program may be suspended indefinitely -- CBS
NSA Will Overhaul Its Workforce Next Year -- Defense One
Amos investigation unsealed: Anger, confusion, controversy -- Andrew deGrandpre, Military Times
Infantry: The Importance Of Making Every Shot Count -- Strategy Page
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