Syrians Have Russian Air Defense Systems
Russia has sold Syria many different types of military hardware, including some pretty exotic air defense systems. Russia has a habit of providing Russian crews for their more sophisticated weapons.
They also like to test newer systems in actual combat, if they get sufficient notice to allow them to deploy those systems in a combat theater.
American standard procedures include neutralizing enemy air defenses. Will that mean killing Russians? Only Putin knows for sure. But you can be sure he'll tell us if it happens.
In the meantime, some Syrian or Russian schemer is trying to figure out where and how the Americans will hit so they can build a flak trap.
What's a 'flak trap?' It's a scheme to lure attacking aircraft into an area where they can be surprised by large volumes of deadly anti-aircraft fire. It can also be a valuable target array that is protected by large volumes of different types of anti-aircraft systems - guns and missiles, low and high altitude, etc.
What's a 'flak trap?' It's a scheme to lure attacking aircraft into an area where they can be surprised by large volumes of deadly anti-aircraft fire. It can also be a valuable target array that is protected by large volumes of different types of anti-aircraft systems - guns and missiles, low and high altitude, etc.
Let's hope they don't out-think our strike planners, because our pilots will pay the price if they do.
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