Patchesagain:


First off: Beleiving RT, ever

Second: NATO pilots have standing orders to maintain a minimum distance of 20km from Russian jets over Syria. So i doubt that they would let a Russian get so close.

Conclusion: Meh, its all propaganda at this point (from all parties involved). The bullsh1t is stacked so high in Syria that I am suprised the jets are able to fly over it

asorockweb:
Bm-30 rockets with cluster munitions laying the "moderates" terrorists to waste in Idlib. Lessons for my African brothers.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXpiB-Xcc-s

jteku:
Nigerian pilot

lionel4power:
Russian Su-30SM performed a Visual ID intercept on a U.S. plane over Syria

On Oct. 10, a Russian Su-30SM belonging to the contingent deployed to Latakia, in Syria, had a close encounter with a unspecified U.S. combat plane supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.

According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, the Flanker-derivative 4++ Gen aircraft was providing air escort for a package of attack planes in Syria when it approached the American plane, to perform a VID (Visual Identification).

The intercept “was not aimed at scaring off the US aircraft.”

According to RT, the Su-30SM, operating in Aleppo province, “detected radiation emitted from an unidentified aircraft and approached it to identify the bogie [unidentified aircraft in interceptor’s lingo].”

So, the aircraft was at an estimated distance of 2-3 km, when it detected the American plane and closed on it, to visually identify the unknown traffic. After the VID, the Russian plane rejoined the other aircraft it was escorting and continued its mission.

Nothing special then, besides the fact that these close encounters are exploited to collect some intelligence about the counterpart’s weapons systems: radio frequencies, sensors emissions and all the stuff ISR (intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) platforms can collect from distance.

Su-30SMs have been pretty active with their still largely unknown Bars-R radar, possibly exposing its “signature” to the ESM (Electronic Support Measure) sensors of nearby aircraft: few days ago, a Russian Flanker locked-on a TuAF F-16 for more than 5 minutes!

As already reported, this is not the first time Russian and U.S. aircraft come close to one another in the increasingly crowded airspace over Syria. In a few such incidents, Russian warplanes tailed U.S. Predator drones, at least a couple of times American aircraft reportedly changed their routing to deconflict with Russian aircraft.


http://theaviationist.com/2015/10/15/su-30-intercept-vid-us-aircraft/

American fighter planes are the fastest, most maneuverable jets in the world. But their weapons are becomingly increasingly obsolete—and that has some in the U.S. Air Force spooked.
High flying and fast, the F-22 Raptor stealth jet is by far the most lethal fighter America has ever built. But the Raptor—and indeed all U.S. fighters—have a potential Achilles’ heel, according to a half-dozen current and former Air Force officials. The F-22’s long-range air-to-air missiles might not be able to hit an enemy aircraft, thanks to new enemy radar-jamming techniques.

The issue has come to the fore as tensions continue to rise with Russia and a potential conflict between the great powers is once again a possibility—even if a remote one.

“We—the U.S. [Department of Defense]—haven’t been pursuing appropriate methods to counter EA [electronic attack] for years,” a senior Air Force official with extensive experience on the F-22 told The Daily Beast. “So, while we are stealthy, we will have a hard time working our way through the EA to target [an enemy aircraft such as a Russian-built Sukhoi] Su-35s and our missiles will have a hard time killing them.”The problem is that many potential adversaries, such as the Chinese and the Russians, have developed advanced digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammers. These jammers, which effectively memorize an incoming radar signal and repeat it back to the sender, seriously hamper the performance of friendly radars.

Worse, these new jammers essentially blind the small radars found onboard air-to-air missiles like the Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM, which is the primary long-range weapon for all U.S. and most allied fighter planes.

overhypedsteve:
somebody should chase that man out of there.

africaken:
SU-34 dropping KAB 500S GLONASS guided Bomb,most russian military didn't believe russia had acquired this bomb after russia ministry of defence said it wont buy them due to their high cost

africaken:
SU-34 dropping KAB 500S GLONASS guided Bomb,most russian military didn't believe russia had acquired this bomb after russia ministry of defence said it wont buy them due to their high cost

MikeCZAR:
Did this strike really miss the target as many people are saying or the Russians never meant to destroy that building.

I have to agree to what you said earlier the Russian air force FLIR or targeting pods don't prove quality images.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKFLTUOSQdE

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6DdV40Jzkk

Saudi Arabia confirms arrival of Sudanese troops to Yemen
October 17, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Saudi Arabian government confirmed reports that circulated earlier today about the arrival of Sudanese troops to join the Arab coalition in support of Yemeni president Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi who is seeking to win back cities overran by Houthi rebels last year.After months of military stalemate, the alliance and forces loyal to the Yemeni president started making gains on the battlefield by retaking major cities and are closing in on the capital Sana’a and the strategic town of Ta’iz.

Currently the ground forces in Yemen are consisting mainly of Saudi, Bahraini and United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldiers.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZl4L8Auffo

denisfidha:
ISIS has been sending video messages to alshabaab telling them to join Isis to save themselves and their dwindling numbers. (apparently they have lost so many), alshabaab (led by older members) has replied to ISIS telling them that they are not true Muslims and they only want to cause Islamic upheaval. and then alshabaab arrested 5 youth leaders who were advocating first AS to change allegiance from al-Qaeda . I just love when terrorists fight and contradict themselves. how many versions of jihad exist by now.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBNHA_QS4as

overhypedsteve:
somebody should chase that man out of there.

africaken:
they can't send soldiers to fight for africans but are willing to spill their blood for their arab friends

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article56758

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZl4L8Auffo

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2gYOjrgr68

Patchesagain:


Hope the Houthis tare those genocidal maniacs apart.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDEHvFW_GgM

Patchesagain:
fvcking sick drone footage from Syria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q60yBQG8XI

gottfried21:
Various branches of the Namibian Military during the Independence parade in March...getting into Postion

africaken:
Kidnapped Kenyan teacher rescued in Somalia in joint operation

http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Kidnapped-Kenyan-teacher-rescued-in-Somalia-in-joint-operation/-/1950946/2916526/-/format/xhtml/-/tc17ebz/-/index.html

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wiaegy9U0

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qXSMytz8zk

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJfOMjQ3peA

Fynline:
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africaken:
African Union's multinational force begins inaugural field training exercise

frumentius:

"You South Africans would install code in there to spy on us!"

africaken:
i believe eventually ISIS somali group will come into existence just like they done in the lawless yemen mainly carrying terror attacks until they gain following and can then claim territory
recently iman ali and harakat alshabaab bunch of terrorist made a propaganda video showing off their new recruits from kenya and talking alot of macho bull s@%$.i believe due to the heavy looses incurred by alshabaab using locals ,has now turned to kenya to look for dumb followers to die for them.we need to turn the heat on alshabaab with horrendous body count and also hunt down their recruiters in kenya.alshabaab has now turn kenya into its recruitment ground which we need to stop,this could be tomorrow west gate mall,garrisa university terror attackers .we ignored our security now we will eventually loose the oil pipeline through kenya from uganda and this has pushed back our oil sector several years and increased the cost to its final completion ,lets even not talk about the tourism sector