EXCLUSIVE: Russian jets 'intercept' US predator drones over Syria, officials say, Russian fighter jets adumbral U.S. predator drones on at atomic three abstracted occasions top aloft Syria aback the alpha of Russia’s air attack endure week, according to two U.S. admiral abreast on this latest intelligence from the region.
Meanwhile, U.S. Navy Captain Jeff Davis told reporters a U.S. aircraft aerial over Syria had to be rerouted to abstain a Russian fighter jet at atomic once.
“We accept taken activity to advance safe separation,” Davis said, abacus that the U.S. aircraft "changed aisle a little bit." He did not acknowledge which blazon of U.S. aircraft was involved.
U.S. admiral acquaint Fox News the bombinate encounters took abode over ISIS-controlled Syria, including its de facto address in Raqqa, as able-bodied as forth the Turkish-Syrian bound abreast Korbani. Addition occurred in the northwest, abreast the awful contested city-limits of Aleppo.
“The aboriginal time it happened, we anticipation the Russians got lucky. Then it happened two added times,” said one official.
The U.S. military's MQ-1 Predator bombinate is not a stealth aircraft.
"It is simple to see a predator on radar," said one official.
The Russians accept not attempted to shoot down any of the U.S. drones, but instead accept aureate "intercept tracks," a doctrinal appellation acceptation the Russians flew abutting abundant to accomplish their attendance felt, according to one official.
One added official said, “the Russians flew actual close, but did not impede the bombinate flight.”
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, traveling with the aegis secretary in Europe arch up to a NATO apostolic affair in Brussels Thursday, said the Pentagon is accessible to added military-to-military talks with the Russians. No actual date has been accustomed to conduct the next annular of talks, according to one aegis official.
This development comes as Russia has confused some of its Mi-24 gunships and carriage helicopters from an air abject forth the Mediterranean to addition air abject alfresco Homs, almost 100 afar away. Russian arena forces, hundreds of Russian marines -- as able-bodied as four BM-30 Smerch rocket launchers able of battlefront array munitions, mines as able-bodied as top atomic warheads -- are now in position to strike, but there is no affirmation they accept done so according to assorted aegis officials. Infantry angry cars and added a accepted arms array has aswell been apparent by the intelligence community.
All these movements authenticate the Russians are basic a "protective belt" about Latakia, the bastion of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and are accustomed out airstrikes adjoin anti-Assad insubordinate forces, some backed by the CIA, to assure both administration and Russian interests, including a Russian argosy abject in Tartus accustomed in the 70s.
The Pentagon maintains the all-inclusive majority of strikes from its advanced operating abject at Bassel al-Assad airport in Latakia including some 30 fighter/bomber jets accept been adjoin Syrian activity armament and not ISIS, and one official pushed aback on Russian aegis admiral claims on the amount of strikes the Russians accept launched.
"The Russians agitated out alone one bisected or at best a division of the strikes they affirmation to accept conducted," said a chief aggressive official.
Over the accomplished weekend, Turkey claims that Russia on two abstracted occasions abandoned its airspace. Despite Turkish burden on NATO and top US government admiral calling the activity "unprofessional" and a "provocation" two chief US aggressive admiral downplayed the incident.
"The Russians flew forth the bound and we still don't apperceive for abiding what happened."
At atomic one of the declared incidences occurred in Turkey's Hatay Province.
In 1939, acreage acceptance to Syria and the Assad ancestors in the northwest, forth the Mediterranean adjoining Latakia area the Russia has accustomed an air base, was annexed by Turkey. Syria has never accustomed the activity and the two countries accept been absinthian enemies anytime since.
“We accept taken activity to advance safe separation,” Davis said, abacus that the U.S. aircraft "changed aisle a little bit." He did not acknowledge which blazon of U.S. aircraft was involved.
U.S. admiral acquaint Fox News the bombinate encounters took abode over ISIS-controlled Syria, including its de facto address in Raqqa, as able-bodied as forth the Turkish-Syrian bound abreast Korbani. Addition occurred in the northwest, abreast the awful contested city-limits of Aleppo.
“The aboriginal time it happened, we anticipation the Russians got lucky. Then it happened two added times,” said one official.
The U.S. military's MQ-1 Predator bombinate is not a stealth aircraft.
"It is simple to see a predator on radar," said one official.
The Russians accept not attempted to shoot down any of the U.S. drones, but instead accept aureate "intercept tracks," a doctrinal appellation acceptation the Russians flew abutting abundant to accomplish their attendance felt, according to one official.
One added official said, “the Russians flew actual close, but did not impede the bombinate flight.”
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, traveling with the aegis secretary in Europe arch up to a NATO apostolic affair in Brussels Thursday, said the Pentagon is accessible to added military-to-military talks with the Russians. No actual date has been accustomed to conduct the next annular of talks, according to one aegis official.
This development comes as Russia has confused some of its Mi-24 gunships and carriage helicopters from an air abject forth the Mediterranean to addition air abject alfresco Homs, almost 100 afar away. Russian arena forces, hundreds of Russian marines -- as able-bodied as four BM-30 Smerch rocket launchers able of battlefront array munitions, mines as able-bodied as top atomic warheads -- are now in position to strike, but there is no affirmation they accept done so according to assorted aegis officials. Infantry angry cars and added a accepted arms array has aswell been apparent by the intelligence community.
All these movements authenticate the Russians are basic a "protective belt" about Latakia, the bastion of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and are accustomed out airstrikes adjoin anti-Assad insubordinate forces, some backed by the CIA, to assure both administration and Russian interests, including a Russian argosy abject in Tartus accustomed in the 70s.
The Pentagon maintains the all-inclusive majority of strikes from its advanced operating abject at Bassel al-Assad airport in Latakia including some 30 fighter/bomber jets accept been adjoin Syrian activity armament and not ISIS, and one official pushed aback on Russian aegis admiral claims on the amount of strikes the Russians accept launched.
"The Russians agitated out alone one bisected or at best a division of the strikes they affirmation to accept conducted," said a chief aggressive official.
Over the accomplished weekend, Turkey claims that Russia on two abstracted occasions abandoned its airspace. Despite Turkish burden on NATO and top US government admiral calling the activity "unprofessional" and a "provocation" two chief US aggressive admiral downplayed the incident.
"The Russians flew forth the bound and we still don't apperceive for abiding what happened."
At atomic one of the declared incidences occurred in Turkey's Hatay Province.
In 1939, acreage acceptance to Syria and the Assad ancestors in the northwest, forth the Mediterranean adjoining Latakia area the Russia has accustomed an air base, was annexed by Turkey. Syria has never accustomed the activity and the two countries accept been absinthian enemies anytime since.
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