Peluru berpandu pintar Rusia dan menggunakan bom untuk menghapuskan ISIS di Syria (GAMBAR - VIDEO) . . .

hAMDEn - Melihat sendiri 'bom pintar' Rusia yang digunakan di Syria terhadap ISIS. Rusia telah mengambil kemudahan Negara Islam (IS) di seluruh Syria dengan senjata ketepatan yang tinggi, sehingga memungkinkan untuk mengelakkan korban awam. RT Murad Gazdiev, tertanam di pangkalan udara tentera Rusia di Latakia, mengambil melihat peluru berpandu laser berpandukan moden digunakan oleh juruterbang Rusia.

First-hand look at Russian 'smart bombs' 

used in Syria against ISIS . . .

Russia has been taking out Islamic State facilities across Syria with high precision weapons, making it possible to avoid civilian casualties. RT's Murad Gazdiev, embedded at the Russian military airbase in Latakia, takes a look at the modern laser-guided missiles used by Russian pilots.

Peluru berpandu pintar Rusia dan menggunakan 

bom untuk menghapuskan ISIS di Syria (GAMBAR) . . .

Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25L high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria (Anggota perkhidmatan Federation melampirkan Kh-25L peluru berpandu tinggi ketepatan untuk pesawat Su-24 di pangkalan udara Khmeimim di Syria) © Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti

Inventori persenjataan pintar Rusia digunakan di Syria merupakan pilihan bom masa terbukti dan peluru berpandu dilengkapi dengan bimbingan system ‘state-of-the-art’. Senjata Precision digunakan dari tanah tinggi untuk mengecualikan pertemuan dengan sistem pertahanan udara mudah alih.

Bom ketepatan Federation menggunakan sistem navigasi GLONASS untuk rumah di atas sasaran, manakala peluru berpandu adalah expertly dipandu oleh pengendali sistem senjata.

Senjata dipercayai dalam serangan op yang dijalankan di Syria bom KAB berpandu, yang mempunyai 2 varian: KAB-250 dan KAB-500.

Smart missiles and bombs Russia uses to take out ISIS in Syria (PHOTOS) . . .

Russia’s smart weapon inventory used in Syria is a choice of time-proven bombs and missiles equipped with state-of-the-art system guidance. Precision weapons are used from high altitudes to exclude encounters with portable air-defense systems.

Russian precision bombs use the GLONASS navigation system to home in on targets, while missiles are expertly guided by the weapon system operator.

A trusty weapon in the surgical strikes being carried out in Syria is the KAB guided bomb, which has two variants: KAB-250 and KAB-500.

Bom berpandu KAB-250 telah dibangunkan pada tahun 2000 khusus untuk jet pejuang 5G PAK-FA, di mana ia dipasang di dalam ruang, yang menjelaskan bentuk berbentuk telur yang tersendiri.

The KAB-250 guided bomb was developed in the 2000s specifically for the 5G PAK-FA fighter jet, where it is mounted in inside bays, which explains its distinctive egg-shaped form.

Bom itu juga boleh digunakan oleh yang lain moden jet pejuang Rusia, seperti Sukhoi Su-34 pengebom, yang turun senjata-senjata ini ke atas sasaran Negara Islam (IS) di Syria dari ketinggian 5,000 meter.

The bomb can also be used by other modern Russian fighter jets, such as the Sukhoi Su-34 bomber, which drops these weapons on Islamic State targets in Syria from an altitude of 5,000 meters.

Peluru berpandu-laser  di Syria berbeza dari segi kuasa peluru dan dilaporkan laser berpandukan versi Kh-25L dan Kh-29L.

Sukhoi Su-24 dan Su-25 pejuang darat sokongan juga menggunakan bom udara bukan berpandu. Sistem mensasarkan canggih membolehkan juruterbang untuk kilang bom dengan ketepatan yang boleh membawa maut.

Pusat arahan Negara Islam (IS) adalah kubu bertingkat bawah tanah yang diperbuat daripada konkrit bertetulang, jadi ia mengambil Betab-500 bom udara pemusnah kubu khas untuk mengetuk mereka keluar. Setelah konkrit menindik Betab-500 dipercepatkan dengan rehat jet booster di dalam dan meletup, apa-apa pemasangan bawah tanah musnah sama sekali.

Laser-guided missiles in Syria differ in ammunition power and are reportedly laser guided versions of the Kh-25L and Kh-29L.

Sukhoi Su-24 and Su-25 ground-support fighters also use non-guided air bombs. A sophisticated targeting system allows pilots to plant bombs with lethal accuracy.

Islamic State command centers are multilevel underground bunkers made of reinforced concrete, so it takes a special bunker-busting BETAB-500 air bomb to knock them out. Once a concrete-piercing BETAB-500 accelerated by its jet booster breaks in and explodes, any underground installation is completely destroyed.

Pemecahan perobohan OFAB-250 bom udara juga telah ditemui di bawah sayap jet pejuang Sukhoi di pangkalan udara Khmeimim itu. Peluru ini digunakan untuk menghapuskan sasaran yang tidak dilindungi, kem latihan pengganas itu dan senjata depot.

Fragmentation demolition OFAB-250 air bombs have also been spotted under the wings of Sukhoi fighter jets at the Khmeimim airbase. These munitions are used to eliminate unprotected targets, such terrorist training camps and arms depots.

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PANGKALAN Udara Rusia di Syria: RT tinjau kehidupan harian di lapangan terbang Latakia . . .

hAMDEn - Dalam masa beberapa bulan lapangan terbang yang terbiar di Latakia, Syria, menjadi pusat strategik operasi ketenteraan Rusia menentang Negara Islam. RT mendapat peluang untuk melihat kehidupan sehari-hari secara langsung di pangkalan udara Khmeimim - dari trak sauna kedai roti mudah alih.

Landasan kapal terbang itu mampu menerima super-jumbo Antonov An-124 Ruslan dan Tupolev Tu-76 pesawat pengangkutan, dan mempunyai ruang untuk lebih daripada 50 pesawat tentera: pengebom Sukhoi Su-24M, Sukhoi Su-25 pejuang tanah sokongan, canggih Sukhoi Su-34 pengebom, Mil Mi-24 helikopter gunship dan Mil Mi-8 helikopter sokongan.

Rusia moden telah pernah menjalankan apa-apa operasi tentera jauh dari sempadan dan tempat kejadian operasi di Syria adalah beratus-ratus kilometer dari pangkalan tentera terdekat Rusia. Terdapat beratus-ratus anggota perkhidmatan lelaki dan juruterbang di Khmeimim pangkalan udara dan menyediakan kemudahan kepada mereka jauh dari rumah, kerana bahaya yang pasti dari Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) tenun hanya 40 kilometer jauhnya, adalah satu cabaran bagi perkhidmatan bekalan.

RT Murad Gazdiev, salah satu daripada beberapa wartawan diberikan akses kepada pangkalan tentera dari mana kapal terbang pergi pada misi terhadap IS pemasangan di Syria, mengambil melihat lebih dekat apa yang diperlukan untuk mengekalkan operasi ketenteraan begitu jauh dari rumah.

Infrastruktur yang diperlukan untuk mengekalkan operasi ketenteraan di Syria terpaksa dibentuk dari kecederaan. Apabila Rusia diperuntukkan tanah berhampiran lapangan terbang Khmeimim ia adalah rata dan kosong.

Semua kubu Rusia di Latakia terpaksa dibawa dari Rusia.

Semua kakitangan dan anggota perkhidmatan diberi makan menu dari dapur lapangan. Makanan yang mudah, lagi berkhasiat, Gazdiev berkata. Semua bahan-bahan yang dibawa dari Rusia melalui laut atau melalui udara.

Rusia tidak boleh mengurus tanpa roti, supaya satu lagi isu penting adalah membakar roti segar di pangkalan. Kedai roti bidang bekerja tanpa henti, membuat roti dengan tepung gandum yang diimport dari Rusia.

"Dalam tempoh yang singkat kita didirikan banyak keping infrastruktur lapangan, seperti mata mengisi bahan bakar dan depot penyimpanan, dan juga kedai roti dan kemudahan dobi," kata seorang jurucakap tentera Rusia.

Penginapan di Khmeimim pangkalan udara adalah sama dengan NATO standard 2 orang kediaman digunakan di Afghanistan dan di tempat lain. Ia berhawa dingin dan dicat putih untuk mencerminkan haba membakar Syria.

Semua anggota perkhidmatan di pangkalan memakai pakaian seragam tan berwarna khas yang direka untuk iklim panas.

Untuk bersaing semangat tentera 'yang tinggi jauh dari rumah, asas juga mempunyai sauna Rusia mudah alih. Trak sauna dibawa sepanjang jalan dari Rusia.

Russian servicemendining at Khmeimim air base in Syria's Latakia © Dmitry Vinogradov/RIA Novosti

Russian airbase in Syria: RT checks out everyday 

life at Latakia airfield . . .

In just a couple of months a neglected airfield in Latakia, Syria, became the strategic center of Russia’s military operation against Islamic State. RT got chance to see firsthand everyday life at the Khmeimim airbase – from sauna trucks to mobile bakeries.

The airstrip is capable of accepting super-jumbo Antonov An-124 Ruslan and Tupolev Tu-76 transport aircrafts, and has bays for more than 50 military aircrafts: Sukhoi Su-24M bombers, Sukhoi Su-25 ground-support fighters, cutting-edge Sukhoi Su-34 bombers, Mil Mi-24 gunship helicopters and Mil Mi-8 support choppers.

Modern Russia has never conducted any military operations far from its borders and the scene of operations in Syria is hundreds of kilometers away from Russia’s nearest military base. There are hundreds of servicemen and pilots at Khmeimim airbase and providing convenience for them far from home, as imminent danger from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) looms just 40 kilometers away, is a challenge for the supply service.

RT's Murad Gazdiev, one of the few journalists granted access to the military base from where planes head out on missions against IS installations in Syria, takes a close look at what it takes to sustain a military operation so far from home.

The infrastructure needed to sustain the military operation in Syria had to be developed from a scratch. When Russia allotted land near the Khmeimim airfield it was flat and empty.

Everything at the Russian stronghold in Latakia had to be brought from Russia.

All personnel and servicemen are fed one menu from field kitchens. The food is simple, yet nutritious, Gazdiev says. All ingredients are brought from Russia by sea or airlifted.

Russians can’t manage without bread so another important issue is baking fresh bread at the base. The field bakery works non-stop, making bread with wheat flour shipped in from Russia.

“In a short period of time we erected numerous pieces of field infrastructure, such as refueling points and storage depots, as well as a bakery and laundry facilities,” a Russian military spokesman said.

Accommodation at Khmeimim airbase is similar to NATO standard two-person living quarters used in Afghanistan and elsewhere. They are air-conditioned and painted white to reflect Syria’s searing heat.

All servicemen at the base wear special tan-colored uniforms designed for hot climates.

To keep up troops’ morale high far from home, the base even has a mobile Russian sauna. The sauna trucks have been brought all the way from Russia.

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CAMP latihan Pengganas & HQ pusat arahan dihapuskan dalam rakaman pertempuran MoD dibebaskan Rusia (VIDEO) . . .

hAMDEn - Kementerian Rusia Pertahanan telah mengeluarkan rakaman pertempuran baru menunjukkan yang menarik daripada sasaran pengganas di Syria, termasuk pusat arahan Negara Islam (IS) dan kem latihan. Tentera Udara terus melibatkan sasaran musuh untuk persembahan hari yg ke-2.

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Kementerian mengumumkan bahawa sepanjang kempen udara hari ke-2, Su-24M dan jet Su-25 menjalankan 8 penerbangan dari asas Hmeimim di wilayah Latakia di pantai Mediterranean, mensasarkan 5 sasaran Negara Islam (IS).

Berdasarkan risikan yang dikumpul daripada pelbagai sumber, termasuk "ruang dan Drone peninjau," kata kementerian mengesahkan "kemusnahan" sasaran pengganas di Wilayah Idlib oleh Su-24 M jet. Salah satu sasaran adalah arahan post Negara Islam. Yang lain adalah kem latihan pengganas.

Salah satu video yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Pertahanan menunjukkan pesawat Rusia menghapus kem latihan. Menurut kenyataan itu, jet pejuang berjaya pembedahan menyerang sebuah gudang peluru yang membawa kepada letupan lanjut dan penghapusan kem itu, dan juga beberapa "kelengkapan ketenteraan" yang disimpan di laman ini.

Kementerian itu juga melaporkan bahawa juruterbang Rusia "dihalang" pejuang Negara Islam (IS) dari mengembalikan salah satu pos kawalan di Wilayah Hama yang telah dilanggar oleh jet Rusia pada Rabu.

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Untuk menghentikan aktiviti ISIS lagi pada objek yang berhampiran kampung Al-Latamna, jet Federation menjalankan serangan tambahan, yang membawa kepada kemusnahan sasaran. Kementerian itu mengeluarkan rakaman operasi, menunjukkan serangan yang dijalankan oleh jet pejuang Su-24M.

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Terdahulu hari ini, tentera Rusia juga mengeluarkan rakaman serangan udara semalaman di 4 kemudahan pengganas, termasuk depot peluru berhampiran Idlib, yang HQ 3 tahap berhampiran Hamah, dan sebuah kilang kereta-bom dilaporkan di utara Homs.

Arahan Rusia juga mengumumkan bahawa Su-34 pengebom juga telah kembali dari misi pertempuran mereka kembali ke pangkalan udara Hmeimim itu. Keputusan misi pertempuran itu, kementerian itu berkata, akan disediakan selepas pemprosesan data perisikan baru.

Terrorist training CAMP & Command HQ annihilated in Russian MoD-released combat footage (VIDEO) . . .

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released new combat footage showing the striking of terrorist targets in Syria, including an Islamic State command center and a training camp. The Air Force continues to engage hostile targets for the second day straight.

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The Ministry announced that throughout the second day of the air campaign, Su-24M and Su-25 jets conducted eight flights from the Hmeimim base in Latakia province on the Mediterranean coast, targeting five Islamic State targets.

Based on intelligence gathered from a variety of sources, including “space and drone reconnaissance,” the ministry confirmed the “total destruction” of terrorist targets in Idlib Province by Su-24 M jets. One of the targets was an Islamic State command post. The other was a terrorist training camp.

One of the videos released by the Defense Ministry shows Russian planes striking the training camp. According to the statement, the fighter jets managed to surgically strike an ammunition warehouse that led to further explosions and the elimination of the camp, as well as some “military hardware” being kept at the site.

The ministry also reported that Russian pilots “prevented” the Islamic State fighters from restoring one of its command posts in Hama Province which had been struck by Russian jets on Wednesday.

READ MORE: 8 ISIS targets hit during 20 combat flights in Syria – Russian military

To stop further ISIS activity on the object near Al-Latamna village, Russian jets conducted an additional strike, which led to the destruction of the target. The ministry released footage of the operation, showing the strike carried out by the Su-24M fighter jet.

READ MORE: Combat cam footage shows Russian planes hitting ISIS targets

Earlier in the day, Russian military also released footage of the overnight air raids on four terrorist facilities, including an ammunition depot near Idlib, a three-level HQ near Hamah, and a reported car-bomb plant in the north of Homs.

The Russian command also announced that Su-34 bombers have also returned from their combat mission back to the Hmeimim airbase. The results of the combat mission, the ministry says, will be made available after processing new intelligence data.

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Pesawat pejuang Sukhoi yang digunakan oleh Rusia 

di Syria anti-keganasan OP . . .

Kementerian Pertahanan telah mendedahkan bahawa daya penerbangan Rusia di Syria adalah semata-mata terdiri daripada pesawat pejuang Sukhoi, termasuk canggih Su-34, cuba dan diuji Su-25 dan Su-24M menarik sasaran Negara Islam di negara ini.

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Sukhoi warplanes used by Russia in Syria anti-terror OP

The Ministry of Defense has revealed that Russia’s aviation force in Syria is exclusively composed of Sukhoi warplanes, including the cutting-edge Su-34, tried-and-tested Su-25 and the Su-24M striking Islamic State targets in the country.

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Sukhoi Su-34 (Fullback)

Su-34 © Maksim Blinov/RIA Novosti

Su-34 adalah pejuang serangan dan pesawat yang paling moden untuk mengambil bahagian dalam operasi Rusia menentang Negara Islam di Syria.

Perkembangannya bermula pada pertengahan '80s sebagai pengganti Su-24, dengan tentera negara itu menerima kumpulan pertama pesawat pejuang baru pada tahun 2006.

Jet ini direka untuk penembusan supersonik musuh ruang udara di peringkat sudur dalam cuaca dan pertempuran keadaan yang paling buruk.

Kedua-dua juruterbang kadang-kadang serang pejuang dirujuk sebagai 'tank terbang' disebabkan oleh kokpit dan kebuntuan berkesan perisai senjata, yang membolehkannya untuk terus hidup bukan sahaja serpihan peluru berpandu, walaupun terus dari senjata berkaliber kecil.

The Su-34 is a strike fighter and the most modern aircraft to take part in Russia’s operation against Islamic State in Syria. 

Its development began in the mid-’80s as a replacement for the Su-24, with the country’s military receiving the first batch of new warplanes in 2006. 

The jet is designed for the supersonic penetration of enemy airspace at treetop level in the most severe weather and battle conditions. 

The two-pilot strike fighter is sometimes referred to as ‘a flying tank’ due to an armored cockpit and efficient standoff weapons, which enable it to survive not only missile fragments, but even direct hits from small caliber arms.

Sukhoi Su-24M (Fencer)

Su-24m bomber © Igor Zarembo/RIA Novosti

Su-24 adalah pengebom taktikal bertujuan untuk terbang di bawah radar dan memukul sasaran tanah dari ketinggian yang rendah. Tentera mahu kapal terbang untuk mempunyai pendek berlepas dan keupayaan pendaratan untuk supaya ia boleh digunakan di lapangan terbang udara kecil.

Prototaip awal mempunyai 4 enjin turbojet yang dilengkapi 2 enjin utama semasa berlepas. Skim ini, bagaimanapun, yang terbukti sangat cekap, jadi bukannya pereka memberikannya sayap ubah sapu.

Pesawat pertama memasuki perkhidmatan pada awal tahun 1970-an. Satu dekad kemudian varian yang lebih baik yang dikenali sebagai Su-24M dengan radar yang berbeza dan peralatan mensasarkan diperlukan untuk senjata yang lebih tepat diperkenalkan. Model ini merupakan tulang belakang kepada pengebom taktikal Rusia. Sukhoi terus menaik taraf pesawat.

Su-25 adalah satu lagi kuda kerja Tentera Udara Rusia, yang diperkenalkan pada awal 1980-an. Jet ini telah direka untuk sokongan udara dekat - iaitu, untuk terus membantu tentera darat melibatkan diri musuh.

Fasa-fasa akhir perbicaraan mereka ialah misi pertempuran sebenar di Afghanistan. Ini 'tembakan pembaptisan’  terbukti amat berguna, kerana maklum balas daripada tentera telah digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemandirian pesawat, yang sudah sangat tinggi seperti yang ditentukan oleh tujuannya. Apabila reka bentuk telah dimuktamadkan, Su-25 mempunyai 7 tahun pengeluaran bersiri di belakangnya.

Sebuah varian pesawat dipanggil Su-25UT telah dibuat untuk tentera laut Rusia. Satu lagi, Su-25T, adalah tank-pembunuh. Armada semasa kira-kira 200 Su-25s sedang menjalani menaik taraf kepada pengubahsuaian yang paling maju Su-25SM.

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The Su-24 is a tactical bomber meant to fly below the radar and hit ground targets from low altitudes. The military wanted the plane to have short take-off and landing capabilities to so that it could be used on small airfields.

An early prototype had four turbojet engines that complemented two main engines during take-off. The scheme, however, proved to be very inefficient, so instead designers gave it variable-sweep wings.

The plane first entered service in the early 1970s. A decade later a better variant called Su-24M with a different radar and targeting equipment needed for more precise weapons was introduced. This model is the backbone of Russia’s tactical bomber. Sukhoi continues upgrading the aircraft.

Su-25 is another Russian Air Force work horse, introduced in early 1980s. The jet was designed for close air support – that is, to directly help ground forces engage the enemy.

The final phases of its trials included real combat missions in Afghanistan. This ‘baptism by fire’ proved quite useful, as feedback from the military was used to increase the plane’s survivability, which was already very high as dictated by its purpose. By the time the design was finalized, Su-25 had seven years of serial production behind it.

A variant of the plane called Su-25UT was made for the Russian navy. Another one, Su-25T, is a tank-killer. The current fleet of about 200 Su-25s is undergoing an upgrade to the most advanced modification Su-25SM.

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TENTERA Udara Rusia di Syria mengerahkan lebih 50 pesawat & helikopter - Kementerian Pertahanan . . .

hAMDEn - Armada Tentera Udara Rusia di Syria termasuk lebih 50 pesawat pejuang dan helikopter, jurucakap Kementerian Pertahanan berkata, melaporkan 8 ‘sorties’ dalam sekelip mata.

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Sebelum ini Rusia telah tidak mendedahkan apa-apa butiran kontinjen di Syria, yang bermula kempen udara pada hari Rabu untuk membantu melawan Tentera Syria terhadap tentera pengganas.

"Kumpulan udara telah dikerahkan dalam masa yang singkat. Ia adalah mungkin kerana kita mempunyai sebahagian besar perlengkapan dan peluru bersedia di depot kami di Tartus. Kami hanya terpaksa pindahkan pesawat kami dan menyampaikan beberapa peralatan tambahan, "jurucakap Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia Igor Konashenkov kepada media.

Armada termasuk yang terbaru Su-24M dan Su-25 serangan darat pesawat, katanya.

Serangan udara pada malam Rabu disasarkan 4 kemudahan Negara Islam, kata Konashenkov.

" HQ pengganas dan depot peluru musnah berhampiran Idlib, sama seperti yang berkubu 3 peringkat pusat arahan berhampiran Hama," katanya. "Sebuah bom terus melanda juga benar-benar memusnahkan sebuah bengkel utara Homs yang menghasilkan bahan letupan dan peluru," katanya, dengan mengatakan bahawa di bengkel ini pengganas pemadat kenderaan dengan bahan letupan. Kenderaan mereka kemudiannya digunakan untuk melancarkan serangan keganasan.

‘Sorties’ malam meningkatkan bilangan sasaran dilanda Rusia di Syria dalam tempoh 24 jam pertama operasi hingga 12.

"Semua serangan udara sedang dijalankan dengan kerjasama arahan Tentera Syria. Kementerian Pertahanan Syria telah menggerakkan kumpulan Koperasi di Hmaimim pangkalan udara, "kata pegawai Rusia, merujuk kepada lapangan terbang terdekat berhampiran Basel al-Assad lapangan terbang antarabangsa selatan Latakia, di mana adalah berdasarkan kuasa-kuasa Rusia.

Russian Air Force in Syria deploying over 50 planes 

& choppers - Defense Ministry . . .

Russia’s Air Force fleet in Syria includes over 50 warplanes and helicopters, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said, reporting eight overnight sorties.

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Previously Russia hadn’t revealed any detail of its contingent in Syria, which started an aerial campaign on Wednesday to help the Syrian Army fight against terrorist troops.

“The air group was deployed on very short notice. It was possible because we had most of the materiel and ammunition ready at our depot in Tartus. We only had to move our aircraft and deliver some extra equipment,” spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov told the media.

The fleet includes the latest Su-24M and Su-25 ground attack planes, he said.

The airstrikes on Wednesday night targeted four Islamic State facilities, Konashenkov said.

“A terrorist HQ and an ammunition depot were destroyed near Idlib, as were a fortified three-level command center near Hama,” he said. “A direct bomb hit also completely destroyed a workshop north of Homs that produced explosives and ammunition,” he added, saying that at this workshop terrorists were stuffing vehicles with explosives. Those vehicles were then used to conduct terror attacks.

The night sorties raise the number of targets hit by Russia in Syria in the first 24 hours of the operation to 12.

“All the airstrikes are being conducted in coordination with the Syrian Army command. The Syrian Defense Ministry has deployed an operative group at the Hmaimim air base,” the Russian official said, referring to the airfield near near Basel al-Assad international airport south of Latakia, where the Russian forces are based.

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