Washington, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Russia (click here) has sent fighter jets to Syria, U.S. officials said, raising the stakes in a military buildup that has put Washington on edge and led Friday to the first talks between U.S. and Russian defense chiefs in over a year.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, eyeing the possibility of rival U.S. and Russian air operations in Syria's limited airspace, agreed in a call with his Russian counterpart to explore ways to avoid accidental military interactions.
The coordination necessary to avoid such encounters is known in military parlance as "deconfliction."
"They agreed to further discuss mechanisms for deconfliction in Syria and the counter-ISIL campaign," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said after the call, referring to the campaign by the U.S. and its allies against Islamic State militants....
The jets are defensive. I am sure Russia remembers how Daesh can simply take military assets from those it was intended. It occurred with US humvees and tanks when Daesh first began the civil war. It is appropriate for Russia to want to protect/defend the military hardware provided to Assad. The Russian involvement can remove the heinous use of barrel bombs. The civil war can be conducted with conventional weapons and hopefully end the instability Daesh provides. The reason there are so many people attempting to move into Europe is because Daesh only leaves the governance of death as it's constitution. It is a regime, not a government.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, eyeing the possibility of rival U.S. and Russian air operations in Syria's limited airspace, agreed in a call with his Russian counterpart to explore ways to avoid accidental military interactions.
The coordination necessary to avoid such encounters is known in military parlance as "deconfliction."
"They agreed to further discuss mechanisms for deconfliction in Syria and the counter-ISIL campaign," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said after the call, referring to the campaign by the U.S. and its allies against Islamic State militants....
The jets are defensive. I am sure Russia remembers how Daesh can simply take military assets from those it was intended. It occurred with US humvees and tanks when Daesh first began the civil war. It is appropriate for Russia to want to protect/defend the military hardware provided to Assad. The Russian involvement can remove the heinous use of barrel bombs. The civil war can be conducted with conventional weapons and hopefully end the instability Daesh provides. The reason there are so many people attempting to move into Europe is because Daesh only leaves the governance of death as it's constitution. It is a regime, not a government.
