Signed defeat of the United States and the SDF at Al Hussein: Truman is waiting for a response, VKS are preparing reinforcements
As it became known by the evening of May 3, the “reinforced” carrier-based strike force of the US Navy, led by the nuclear aircraft carrier CVN-75 USS "Harry Truman", as well as 1 cruisers and 6 missile control destroyers weapons with the Aegis systems on board, arrived safely in the eastern Mediterranean under the pretext of comprehensive support for the military operation of the Western coalition led by the US Operation Inherent Resolve to combat terrorist groups of ISIL (prohibited in Russia) . This version is voiced by CNN reporter Ryan Brown on his Twitter page with a link to tweet @USSHARRYSTRUMAN. This news fits perfectly into the final phase of stripping of ISIS’s largest “left-side boiler”, which extends 1 km from the southern village of Mughaylat to Mahfar Jarbiyah (along the Iraqi-Syrian border), as well as a small boiler at the left-hand part of the central part of the left bank, along with a small boiler at the left-bank part of the central part of the left bank, along with a small boiler at the left-bank part of the central part of the left bank, along with a small boiler at the left part of the part of the central part of the left bank, along with a small boiler at the left part of the coast part of the central part of the left bank, along with a small boiler at the left-hand part of the central part of the left bank, along with a small boiler at the left part of the part of the rest part of the central part of the left bank, along with the small boiler on the left part of the part of the rest part of the rest part of the central bank.
Nevertheless, the same news is also a temporary "screen" for hiding the real tasks that are set for the warrant of this mixed AUG. We are talking about delivering another massive missile-bomb strike on strategically important nodes of the Syrian government forces (including air defense, AWACS, RER, communications, etc.), as well as further air support for the breakthrough of the opposition FSA and al-Nusra terrorists from the southern bridgeheads in the direction of Damascus, Homs and Hama. The first strike echelon, of course, will be 200-400 Tomahawk strategic cruise missiles in the RGM-109E / TLAM-C modification (the number varies depending on the configuration of the ammunition for specific missile defense / attack); the second phase of the operation will provide direct air support to ground anti-government forces (FSA, SDF) through the Saudi Arabian Air Force and tactical fighters F / A-18E / F “Super Hornet” 1st wing aviation The US Navy, aboard the Harry Truman. It is for this reason that the coalition OVMS carrier group dropped anchor just 500 km from At-Tanf (south of Cyprus): this distance fully corresponds to the combat radius of the Super Hornets with outboard fuel tanks and full ammunition (taking into account the possibility of conducting air battles).
As a direct prerequisite for new rocket attacks, and then further escalation, we can consider two recent news. First of all, this is the beginning of the training of Kurdish detachments of the “Syrian Democratic Forces”, as well as their American curators of new provocations using chemical weapons. Thus, according to the Syrian secret services, the Al-Jafra oil field located in the depths of the Hushama pocket (more than 25 km from Deir ez-Zor) will be a new region for the next staging of the himataka. The key person in the development of the provocation scenario is the former jihadist from ISIS Mishan Idriz Al Hamash, who apparently was successfully accepted into the ranks of Syrian Democratic Forces.
The hard work of the igilovtsa on the VTS and the forces of the western coalition are not at all surprising, since it has been reliably known that for several years already the tactical "boilers" of jihadists (especially on the eastern bank of the Euphrates) have been used by Washington as a kind of reserve for "cannon fodder" involved in the creation paramilitary units of the "New Syrian Army" / "Army of the North of Syria." US training camps for former IS commanders, as well as the most “smartest and most distinguished” militants, are still actively training “recruits” in Hassek province, while in the cities of Su-Suvar and El-Shadad there are filtration centers SDF and The US Armed Forces, which select more or less thoughtful and accommodating militants, are able to adequately assess the situation and move away from the radical Islamist Sunni ideology in favor of the interests of the Western coalition.
Secondly, a sharp exacerbation of the operational situation on the northern approaches to the city of Deir ez-Zor will also play in favor of the imminent staging of a chemical attack on peaceful Kurdish settlements in the Al-Jafra area. In particular, in 20 in April, in response to the deployment of the Syrian Democratic Forces units in the offensive order in the area of the city of Huweijat al-Maishiya, the engineering units of the Syrian Arab Army set about targeting 165-180-meter pontoon in the narrowest section of the Euphrates. bridge for the transfer of equipment and personnel. And in the afternoon, 29 of April, in order to curb offensive actions by the SDF, units of Syrian militia and Iranian volunteers began to force the Euphrates. Guided by the data from the news section of the regularly updated tactical map of syria.liveuamap.com, we conclude that the second main task of the Syrian militiamen was a quick exit to the east bank of the Euphrates, then lightning-fast pushing off Kurdish fighters "Syrian Defense Forces" from the front lines in the villages of Huweijat al Maishiya, Shamra al-Hisan, Janina and Al-Gia, and, finally, keeping the occupied positions on the east bank until the main mechanized fist CAA arrives through the induced bridge.
This offensive operation of the CAA can be considered a tactically designed military action, since in addition to the main group that forces the Euphrates, the Syrian militia, which previously controlled the territory of the Husham pocket on the eastern coast of the Euphrates, also took part in the assault. The assault on the above villages began on April 29, at about 15: 30. Taking advantage of the operational surprise effect, pro-government forces literally over 3 — 4 hours crushed the Kurdish defensive lines and were able to advance approximately 4 — 4,5 km deep into the territory of Syrian Kurdistan. In addition to the villages listed above, the Syrian militia managed to occupy such strategically important areas as the town of Chakrah (the largest highway from Raqqa passes through it), as well as the northern outskirts of Al Husseinia. Two hours later, the tactical situation began to change. From Raqqa and Es-Suvara, reinforcements from several hundred SDF fighters, supported by the American F-15E, were brought up.
The pro-government units were ousted from 5 populated areas, while the induced crossing underwent a point-to-missile and bombing strike, arresting the movement of the CAA equipment to the east coast. The confrontation lasted for about a day, including night time using lighting projectiles, which was not covered in our media. The result was a complete takeover of Al-Hussein with an 2-kilometer-wide extension of the Husham pocket to the north. Damascus also had a railway link coming from Raqqa and Hasek, the main strongholds of the American presence in the Syrian theater.
The most controversial moment of all this stories for an unmarried eye, the command of the Syrian armed forces did not decide to use the Buk-М1 / М2 military anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-С1 anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems to counteract the tactical aviation of the US Air Force, as well as destroy elements precision weapons that destroyed the crossing of the Euphrates River. Perhaps, if these funds were present in the vicinity of Deir-ez-Zor, at least in the number of 4 — 6 complexes covered by the Su-35C pair and the Su-30CM pair, we would not have seen that courage and courage in the actions of the US Air Force flight crew in the next times, and all 6 villages freed from the SDF would remain under the control of the Syrian army. But the reason why these complexes were never used can have very weighty military-political and tactical justifications.
In making major decisions, Damascus always repels itself from the opinion of Moscow in general and from the recommendations of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in particular. As for the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, he would hardly have given the command of the Syrian air defense forces a cue to use the Pantsirey and the Bukov against the American attack aircraft over the Euphrates, with the alignment of forces and tactical situation observed in this region. For example, the destruction of one F-15E could lead to the fact that for a limited number of Syrian "armor" or "Bukov" would work several combat vehicles MLRS M270 MLRS or M142 HIMARS, as well as transportable howitzers M777, deployed in close proximity to the oil Al-Jafra fields, and this is fraught with the loss of technology. For the formation of a layered air defense system in the Deir-ez-Zor region, it is necessary to transfer the appropriate electronic countermeasures that impede the capabilities of the airborne radar with AFAR AN / APG-82 (V) 1 and AN / APG-79 to effectively detect and accompany the Pantsiri and other self-propelled SAMs in the GMTI / SAR modes with the subsequent issuance of target designation for the same HIMARs.
Such a role can be performed by stations of powerful noise / response impulse noise SNP-4 and SNP-2 operating in the X / Ku-bands of centimeter waves. In parallel with this, in the area of the Euphrates river, it is necessary to deploy modern counter-artillery architects for “Zoo-1M” software, which can calculate in advance the positions of state artillery batteries along the ascending portion of the trajectory of guided artillery shells XM982 “Excalibur”, in the ascending part of the trajectory of guided artillery shells XM30 “Excalibur”, in the ascending part of the trajectory of guided artillery shells XM9 “Excalibur”, in the ascending part of the trajectory of guided artillery shells XM55 “Excalibur” hit them with unguided 9М79К missile systems of the Smerch multiple rocket launcher or several 1МXNUMX "Tochka" tactical ballistic missiles at once. Considering the fact that Zoo XNUMXM has been operating in the Syrian theater of operations for about three years under the control of operators from our contingent, Moscow and Damascus could, within just a few days, form both an echeloned missile defense system over the Euphrates and prepare a decent military technical reserve for a powerful counter-battery response in the US Armed Forces and the SDF units they support.
But our side is not in a hurry to resort to such serious measures. Obviously, behind the delays in terms of a direct military response to the Pentagon, there is a need to strengthen the defense capability of the Syrian Arab Army with even more EW, air defense, etc., since the current form of the CAA is unable to repel the massive 400 rocket attack at the same time FSA operations, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces and ISIS militants in several directions in the southern part of the country. And there is absolutely no doubt that the United States will move to larger-scale actions after the first destroyed Strike Eagle.
Anyway, the loss by pro-American “Syrian democratic forces” of the northern suburbs of the settlement of Al-Husseinia on the eastern bank of the Euphrates dealt an impressive blow to the ratings of the Western coalition forces operating in Syrian Kurdistan and in the 55-kilometer security zone. In tactical terms, it created additional difficulties for the Kurdish SDF units in transferring military cargo and personnel in the direction of the front line running along the riverbed. This CAA operation can be considered as Damascus’s first worthy response to the February incident with a massive US air strike against a Syrian militia convoy southeast of Al-Tabiyah when, under the blows of an AC-130 “Spectre” direct air support and attack helicopters AH-64D killed several hundred pro-government Syrian militias.
Outraged by the actions of the Syrian army, the combined headquarters of the Western coalition, as well as the US Air Force command, responded quickly enough: targeted strikes were inflicted on Iranian troops deployed in the area of the village of Makhkan, as well as the city of Al-Asharah, as indicated by data from local correspondents fixed on the tactical map syria.liveuamap.com for April 30 of the year 2018. In tactical terms, they made absolutely no changes in favor of the Pentagon, but they contributed to a marked increase in pre-escalation tensions between the CAA and the Kurds throughout the Euphrates. In accordance with the hopes of the “strategists” from the US defense department, such a heated atmosphere should lead to several more major clashes between Kurdish militants from the SDF (not to be confused with Afrin kurds) with pro-government forces and Iranian units, which will eventually cause counter-battery fire, which will an excellent reason for the imitative explosion of a “pseudo-chemical container” and further shooting of films about “the tyrant Al-Assad, who raised his hand to the peaceful population of Rogava and the American military con Ghent and use 152-mm artillery shells with sarin. " Just a great excuse for declaring a big war, isn't it?
As for the response of the Russian Federation, the military-technical support of the Syrian Arab Army before the large-scale escalation continues to gain momentum not by the day but by the hour. So, the next day after the Syrian army entered the northern neighborhood of Al Husseinia and was actively fighting with Kurdish forces, air traffic monitoring resources noted the arrival of another heavy long-range military transport vehicle An-124-100 (airborne number RA-82035) at Hamim’s airbase who brought new military equipment to Syria; at the same time, another vehicle with the tail number RA-82032, on the contrary, was returning to Russia. In fact, we are witnessing a real “Syrian air express”, which inspires great confidence regarding the future plans of Moscow to defend its interests in Western Asia.
Not far behind and the sea "Syrian Express." For example, in April and early May alone, hundreds of pieces of military equipment, ammunition sets and electronic equipment were delivered to the logistics center in Tartus using 4 large landing ships of 775 / II Minsk Avenue (No. 127) and Azov ( No.151), and also pr. 1171 Orsk (No.148) and Nikolay Filchenkov (No.152). It is obvious that the supply of new air defense systems to Damascus, about which military-diplomatic sources have recently spoken, has already begun. Well, we will wait for the first results.
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