Syrian war

Next Up for Syria: Even More Lethal Russian Military Hardware

Russia is continuing to up the ante in Syria following the downing of one of its Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer bombers by Turkey.

...Meanwhile, the Russians have started to arm of all of their air-to-air capable aircraft with air intercept weapons. “Today, for the first time Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft went on a mission carrying not only aerial bombs OFAB-500 and guided aerial bombs KAB-500, but with short and medium range air-to-air missiles,” Russian air force spokesman Col. Igor Klimov told the Russian state-owned media outlet Sputnik. The missiles “are equipped with homing devices and are capable of hitting aerial targets at a distance of 60 kilometers.”