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How a 4-Hour Battle Between Russian Mercenaries and U.S. Commandos Unfolded in Syria
NY Times ^
| May 24, 2018
| Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Posted on 06/01/2018 8:33:06 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:33:06 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
To: Zhang Fei
Good God, wow.
One case where we really got what we paid for.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:34:38 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Zhang Fei
NYT times author:
"A T-72 tank weighs 50 tons"
WHAT A LOAD..!
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:37:03 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
Wikipedia (hahahaha) lists the T72B with a weight of 49.1 short tons.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:41:48 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Zhang Fei
Good thing we didn’t have a drunken powerful, beautiful, nurturing and honest [PBNH] crippled woman president...
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:42:20 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
To: NorthMountain
Wow...I’d say that sucker is more like 35 tons, max.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:43:14 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Zhang Fei
NYT reports late; other media silent but hey, we’ve got a porn star to report on!
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:43:59 AM PDT
by
steel_resolve
(And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
To: gaijin
With air superiority for the U.S. and adequate numbers of aircraft and artillery present you have to be insane to attack U.S. forces head on. I think there was obviously some miscommunication on the Russian end of this as they did not appear to realize their “mercenaries” were part of the attacking force.
Mattis knows his business. I wish he would fumigate the PC crap from the military, but we can at least be confident that he will aggressively act when necessary.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:45:09 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: Zhang Fei
Reaper drones, F-22 stealth fighter jets, F-15E Strike Fighters, B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and AH-64 Apache helicopters. Holy $&*% !!!
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:47:26 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: gaijin
Every reference I can find puts it in the 40-50 short ton range depending on variant.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:50:40 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Zhang Fei
No mention of the problem it’s not lawful for US troops to be in Syria.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:52:18 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
To: NorthMountain
Jeeez, REALLY..?
Dang, ok, I take it back.
Really surprised.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:52:53 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: volunbeer
[With air superiority for the U.S. and adequate numbers of aircraft and artillery present you have to be insane to attack U.S. forces head on.]
They were hoping to get lucky. They had overwhelming numerical superiority and the cover of night. Before the combo of thermal imaging, live comms between army and supporting air and precision strike munitions, it would have been a walkover for the attacking Syrian/Russian force. Their preferred outcome would have been what happened to the Green Berets in Niger.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:57:07 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
To: thoughtomator
[No mention of the problem its not lawful for US troops to be in Syria.]
Was it lawful for Syria to sponsor Sunni jihadists against GI’s in Iraq? Was it lawful for Assad’s father to massacre tens of thousands of civilians in Hama? The article doesn’t mention these things either. Because it’s a report on what happened during that engagement, not a comprehensive recent history of Syria.
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posted on
06/01/2018 9:01:40 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
To: Zhang Fei
So remind me: what are the strategic interests of the US in Syria, and why are we wasting taxpayer money and US lives there?
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posted on
06/01/2018 9:01:42 AM PDT
by
bkopto
To: gaijin
FWIW, the M1A2 Abrams is listed at 72 short tons. A full-load semi (USA) is usually 40 short tons.
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posted on
06/01/2018 9:02:15 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: bkopto
We have no interests in Syria at all. None.
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posted on
06/01/2018 9:07:35 AM PDT
by
The Toll
Holy crapski. We come for oil, Americans had Baba Yaga as ally.
To: Zhang Fei
WUZ DEY PLAIN’ GOFF? DID ANYONE AXE DEM?
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posted on
06/01/2018 9:17:47 AM PDT
by
laweeks
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