Syria

Could Russian S-400s Protect Syria Against Cruise Missiles?

Justin Bronk

Russia’s S-400 missiles can inflict damage, but not stop or defeat Western air strikes against Syria on their own.

"I don't think she had much choice by announcing the strikes through Twitter, President Trump made this a personal call to action with his own image and credibility at stake, and he's an openly transactional president." "

Syria strikes keep home fires burning for UK's May and France's Macron

"By arguing that we should let Assad finish the job, we are essentially telegraphing to other authoritarian leaders that it is ok to kill and displace tens of thousands of civilians, as long as they don’t use chemical weapons. We are also not addressing the grievances that enabled IS to find fertile ground in Syria. "

Syria—it’s time to launch a diplomatic war

"The U.K. government doesn't explicitly require Parliament's approval to launch military action but lawmakers have been consulted in recent years, especially over Syria. “This does appear to be a change in approach by the government,” said Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director-general of the Royal United Services Institute. "

U.K.’s May Defends Striking Syria Without Seeking Parliament’s Backing

"“The trajectory that I’ve seen from footage of reported Syrian SAMs don’t match up with what I’d expect to see for intercept attempts against low-flying cruise missiles,” Justin Bronk, an air-combat expert at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider. “I don’t believe the Russian/Syrian intercept claims.” "

Photos of the Syria strike appear to show missile interceptors firing blindly, failing to stop missile attack

"“When British peers and Christian clergy have been to Damascus in the past, they were rightly condemned as presenting an image of appeasement to Assad’s regime, and showing him as some sort of protector of Christians, as though Syrian Muslims mattered for nought,” HA Hellyer, senior research fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute in London, said. "

British peers and priests met with Syrian officials hours after UK airstrike