IAF attack barrel bomb factory in Syria
 

Yossi and Sufa flying friends have allegedly just whacked an Assad barrel bomb factory.
Mazel tov.
Russian air defences no impediment apparently.
I would love to know how they manage to spoof those - clearly some very clever electronic warfare tech used.
With help from Uncle Sam perhaps - as per Operation Orchard...

Well, God DID set a bit of an example of serious smiting.

Love the editor's comments, e.g.
And I've never been able to fully trust anyone named Judith ;)

Odd synchronicity there, Basil. A lovely gal whom I can only ever refer to in the past tense as either Juddith or Jugsith, was intimately involved in a breach of trust that involved my money clip (about three decades ago). Let's say that I learned a lesson.


As to barrel bombs and factories manufacturing thereof: how does one know one isn't bombing a brewery?

And just how many breweries are there in Syria? Possibly slightly more than there are flourishing pig farms.

I am guessing there's one less now. :8 It's the obvious place to build barrel bombs, is it not? Hiding in plain sight? :cool:

There used to be 2, one in Damascus and one in Allepo. Suspect that's now down to one!

Interestingly, if Wiki is to be believed (yes, I know!) the first use of barrel bombs was by the Israelis in 1948 in support of Op Drekel. And apparently the US dropped them to start forest fires in Vietnam. I guess that much like warfare in this day and age, it's all about the context rather than specific fact. Something the politicians and tree-huggers often fail to consider when taking their often illiberal liberal stances.