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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2019, 06:46
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I’m no fan of the Assad regime, but equally I’m...

I’m no fan of the Assad regime, but equally I’m not convinced that assisting a UN-recognised Government to reassert control of its territory fits the definition of ‘creating chaos’. There has been...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2019, 13:01
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

What was the *realistic* end state that anyone...

What was the *realistic* end state that anyone had in mind for the Syrian Kurds? Those hoping for a new state to be carved out of NE Syria were always going to be disappointed given that such an...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Dec 2018, 08:38
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

Who am I to prognosticate on strategy in the...

Who am I to prognosticate on strategy in the Middle East, but from my comfortable armchair it has always been blindingly obvious that this would be the outcome. There was always precisely zero chance...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2018, 09:14
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

Yes indeed, providing several hours of planned...

Yes indeed, providing several hours of planned on-call close air support every day, which seems to have overlapped with this unusual tasking. That B52s provided close air support for urban combat (!)...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2018, 09:54
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

OAP, I think you’re being a bit naive by...

OAP,

I think you’re being a bit naive by expecting questions such as yours (‘can Typhoons operate in the face of S400?’) to be answered in the public domain. Generically, I would expect a CAP to...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2018, 16:14
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

There’s no reason (other than funding) that we...

There’s no reason (other than funding) that we don’t have the biggest and bestest Air Force in the whole world. :hmm: In the real world we have to live within politically-sustainable means. The 2010...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2018, 12:52
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

One word: manpower. The RAF and Navy are both...

One word: manpower. The RAF and Navy are both struggling with their numbers caps, and the stove-piping of single-service budgets under the Levene reforms (and the politics around Army numbers) means...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2018, 09:16
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

If there’s any revenge from this it won’t be from...

If there’s any revenge from this it won’t be from IS; they and all the other Sunni Islamist nutters are opposed to Assad so will presumably be happy to see his stuff getting broken. It will be Iran,...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2018, 02:59
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

@alibunkallsky (Sky News) reporting all four...

@alibunkallsky (Sky News) reporting all four Tornados returned safely. How’s about that then, Van? :D

The Pentagon press conference said that around double the number of missiles were fired...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2018, 19:52
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

It’s an odd one. The “it could have been staged...

It’s an odd one. The “it could have been staged by the rebels” and “what good can come of intervention?” viewpoints were really starting to gain traction in the UK; in fact General Jonathan Shaw was...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2018, 11:24
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

Back-pedalling already then? All your points are...

Back-pedalling already then? All your points are correct but they only speak to downing cruise missiles, not the aircraft launching them, which was what you originally said would happen. The ships’...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2018, 10:14
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I think the point was that they would be, if...

I think the point was that they would be, if striking the Assad regime. Which is a fair one.



If the Tornados were launching cruise missiles I should imagine it would be from beneath the radar...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2018, 19:43
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I think you may be on to something. But wasn’t...

I think you may be on to something. But wasn’t there a big inquiry recently where one of the major criticisms was that Government had allowed maintenance of “access” and “influence” with partners to...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2018, 14:04
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

Half right, and wrong. The criminal test is that...

Half right, and wrong. The criminal test is that guilt must be proven beyond reasonable doubt. What ‘reasonable’ means is deliberately not quantified; all we can say for sure is that it is stricter...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2018, 07:58
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

That’s a very long way from the truth. Until...

That’s a very long way from the truth. Until fairly recently Turkey was actively opposed to Iran and the Assad regime for 2 main reasons: one, the extension of Iranian (Shi’a) influence westwards...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2018, 14:40
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I don’t know about other sorts, but moral...

I don’t know about other sorts, but moral support: absolutely. The General Assembly’s voting record is evidence enough of that.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2013, 20:23
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I'm against intervention in Syria because there...

I'm against intervention in Syria because there are no clear "good" guys. Both sides have shown murderous intent and a rebel victory would spell the end for all sorts of minorities who could survive...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2013, 20:46
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I don't particularly want either of them to win. ...

I don't particularly want either of them to win. I wasn't advocating intervention in this case - I agree with the Kaletsky blog I posted earlier. Rather, I was pointing out that in cases where...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2013, 19:54
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

Of course the Marines and Army agree on that. ...

Of course the Marines and Army agree on that. They would - it doesn't mean it's always the appropriate action. Have we already discarded the Libya example? Blow stuff up from a safe distance until...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2013, 19:39
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I thought I was being tongue-in-cheek when I...

I thought I was being tongue-in-cheek when I pointed out that we should expect the same from the Islamic world in its 1434th year as we behaved in AD 1434... perhaps AD 1634 is more like it. A good...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2013, 23:49
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

There is a long history of the Western world...

There is a long history of the Western world trying to understand the Middle East, what motivates its people, how we should deal with them, how we can play the various peoples off against each other....
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2013, 21:07
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

With all this talk of Assad dispersing his forces...

With all this talk of Assad dispersing his forces in reponse to Obama's threats, it's got me wondering whether that's actually the US plan - presumably the regime forces are more vulnerable to rebel...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2013, 23:52
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

I would be very surprised if Akrotiri plays any...

I would be very surprised if Akrotiri plays any significant role in a theoretical combat operation against Syria, for the very reason that it is so open to attack by TBM and the huge complications...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2013, 20:44
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,390
Posted By Easy Street

What about the Syrian fixed air defences? And air...

What about the Syrian fixed air defences? And air bases? And IADS? And mobile SAM? A no fly zone is not an easy or low-political-cost option in this particular instance. Although I will agree that...
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