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> Certainly cheaper than manned aircraft but not something that can be used in the hundreds casually per engagement. That was perfectly visible in the recent S

> Certainly cheaper than manned aircraft but not something that can be used in the hundreds casually per engagement. That was perfectly visible in the recent Syrian Civil War. Once the Russians decided to actively step in the conflict sure that they sent a rocket or two directly from their bases in Southern Russia/Caucasus, but I suspect that was more for propaganda reasons. Soon enough they set up an air-base for good in Northern Syria (only a few tens of kms away from rebel lines) and they also brought in a battleship (or whatever is called nowadays the ship from which you can send rockets) off the coast of Syria. I'm pretty sure that proved a lot more cost-effective for them.

SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
Russia fired missiles into Syria directly from Russia? That's wild. Would you point me to a source where I can read more about (and/or see) that?
- paganel 6y ago
  Am on mobile, quickly found this news article from October 2015 [1]. The links are probably dead by now, but I remember seeing videos linked to from /r/SyrianCivilWar of said missiles flying over Iraq, like I mentioned, it was excellent propaganda material. Later edit: A news article from that same timestamp [2] of Iraq complaining that it hadn’t been warned by the Russians of the latter sending missiles flying over their heads. It also includes a video of the supposed launch. Later later edit: Here's a (short) Twitter video of one of those missiles flying over Northern Iraq [3] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34465425 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34465425 [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraq-says-it-was-not-warned-about-russian-missiles-crossing-its-airspace/2015/10/09/bec6bb5c-6e8f-11e5-91eb-27ad15c2b723_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraq-says-it-was-not-wa... [3] https://twitter.com/NewsOfIraq_EN/status/668192312497950720 https://twitter.com/NewsOfIraq_EN/status/668192312497950720
  - SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
    Thank you!
CapricornNoble 6y ago
>>>they also brought in a battleship (or whatever is called nowadays the ship from which you can send rockets) "Guided missile cruiser/destroyer/frigate" would be more correct terms. Frigates are rarely employed in land-attack missions, and only 2 or 4 countries have cruisers (US + Russia, as well as China and South Korea if you count their respective oversized destroyer classes as cruisers ). There are no battleships in active service in any navy today. The Russians do, however, possess the closest thing: the world's only nuclear-powered guided missile battlecruiser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov-class_battlecruiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov-class_battlecruiser

SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago

Russia fired missiles into Syria directly from Russia? That's wild. Would you point me to a source where I can read more about (and/or see) that?

paganel 6y ago
Am on mobile, quickly found this news article from October 2015 [1]. The links are probably dead by now, but I remember seeing videos linked to from /r/SyrianCivilWar of said missiles flying over Iraq, like I mentioned, it was excellent propaganda material. Later edit: A news article from that same timestamp [2] of Iraq complaining that it hadn’t been warned by the Russians of the latter sending missiles flying over their heads. It also includes a video of the supposed launch. Later later edit: Here's a (short) Twitter video of one of those missiles flying over Northern Iraq [3] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34465425 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34465425 [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraq-says-it-was-not-warned-about-russian-missiles-crossing-its-airspace/2015/10/09/bec6bb5c-6e8f-11e5-91eb-27ad15c2b723_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraq-says-it-was-not-wa... [3] https://twitter.com/NewsOfIraq_EN/status/668192312497950720 https://twitter.com/NewsOfIraq_EN/status/668192312497950720
- SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
  Thank you!

CapricornNoble 6y ago

>>>they also brought in a battleship (or whatever is called nowadays the ship from which you can send rockets) "Guided missile cruiser/destroyer/frigate" would be more correct terms. Frigates are rarely employed in land-attack missions, and only 2 or 4 countries have cruisers (US + Russia, as well as China and South Korea if you count their respective oversized destroyer classes as cruisers ). There are no battleships in active service in any navy today. The Russians do, however, possess the closest thing: the world's only nuclear-powered guided missile battlecruiser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov-class_battlecruiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov-class_battlecruiser