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Syria's Su-24 Bombers Have Become Its Most Proficient Hospital-Destroyers


(War Is Boring) Tom Cooper - Moscow has overhauled and upgraded the Su-24 bombers it sold to Syria to carry heavier bomb-loads over much longer ranges and deliver the munitions with much higher precision. Additional Su-24s arrived in Syria in several batches in May and June 2016, and Russia trained Syrian air crews to fly at night. Since then, Syria's Su-24s have heavily damaged, if not destroyed, more than 70 medical facilities in Aleppo and Idlib governorates.
2016-09-26 00:00:00
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