Sad to see this happening to the citizens of Syria.
Watch Syrian Troops Fire Massive Scud Missiles At Their Own People
From Foxtrot Alpha: The thing about Scud missiles is that they're not a precision weapon. Their accuracy is measured in the thousands of feet. So just by firing it at civilians, you show you don't really care where it lands. And in a war with more than 170,000 dead already, that's not surprising.
Today 10:00am
Tyler Rogoway
The thing about Scud missiles is that they're not a precision weapon. Their accuracy is measured in the thousands of feet. So just by firing it at civilians, you show you don't really care where it lands. And in a war with more than 170,000 dead already, that's not surprising.
Considering that another weapon of choice of Assad's forces are barrel bombsdropped from helicopters, the use of Scuds by Syria's military seems like a likely, but still disgusting, evolution in tactics.
Continue reading at:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-syrian-troops-firing-massive-scud-missile
Watch Syrian Troops Fire Massive Scud Missiles At Their Own People
From Foxtrot Alpha: The thing about Scud missiles is that they're not a precision weapon. Their accuracy is measured in the thousands of feet. So just by firing it at civilians, you show you don't really care where it lands. And in a war with more than 170,000 dead already, that's not surprising.
Today 10:00am
Tyler Rogoway
The thing about Scud missiles is that they're not a precision weapon. Their accuracy is measured in the thousands of feet. So just by firing it at civilians, you show you don't really care where it lands. And in a war with more than 170,000 dead already, that's not surprising.
Considering that another weapon of choice of Assad's forces are barrel bombsdropped from helicopters, the use of Scuds by Syria's military seems like a likely, but still disgusting, evolution in tactics.
Continue reading at:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-syrian-troops-firing-massive-scud-missile
