WorthyNewsBot Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.47 Content Count: 44,311 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 985 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 29, 2016 (Worthy News) - Russia has been using the Syrian civil war to test some of its new weapons, as the West accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of indiscriminate aerial bombardments that have killed many civilians. Mr. Putin’s establishment of a burgeoning air base in northwestern Syria is permanent, says a pro-government journal in Moscow, adding that the war has allowed Russian pilots much-needed training hours. Western powers follow a strict protocol in testing armaments in nonhostile environments before they are judged operational and sent to war. Russia is looking at Syria not only as a show of its expeditionary prowess, but also as a proving ground for Mr. Putin’s military modernization programs, according to a firsthand analytical article in Expert Online, the Web version of an influential weekly magazine. Connected to Mr. Putin’s power base, it named him its Person of the Year in 2007. It bestowed the same honor on his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, the previous year. [ Source ] No related posts. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamL Posted February 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5,111 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 2,551 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/01/1950 Share Posted February 29, 2016 12 hours ago, WorthyNewsBot said: (Worthy News) - Russia has been using the Syrian civil war to test some of its new weapons, as the West accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of indiscriminate aerial bombardments that have killed many civilians. ...Western powers follow a strict protocol in testing armaments in nonhostile environments before they are judged operational and sent to war. This sort of implies that the Russians had not tested their weapons at all before using them in combat. And that is nonsense. All weapons are tested beforehand on testing ranges to make sure they, at the very least, won't blow up unexpectedly and kill the users rather than the targets. After such testing, there always comes the first time such weapons are used in combat. This is what Russia is doing in Syria. No different at all from what the US did in the Gulf War of 1991 when it first began using depleted uranium in its weaponry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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