... And when they do fly, Americas bombers often sortie alone or in pairs, only rarely coming together in large numbers. Seven B-52s flew together to launch cruise missiles at Iraq in the early hours of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and a group of eight of the giant warplanes repeated the feat on the first day of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.
In other words: This Russian attack was shock and aweon steroids.
Russias bomber raid was certainly impressive, and has propaganda value in addition to bolstering Moscows operations in Syria. When 25 of the planets most powerful warplanes attack at the same time, its more than a mere air raid. Its a statement to the whole world....
Poster Comment:
I wonder what they will use on the founder of ISIS