The Syria Attack, Duff and Scott Rickard on Press TV, Broader Coverage Censored in US
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By: Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
71 Out of 103 Destroyed: Here’s How Syria’s Air Defense Repelled West’s Missiles
Perhaps the most surprising news surrounding the US, British and French strike on Syria Saturday morning was the report that the country’s Air Defense Force managed to shoot down just shy of 70% of the Western cruise missiles launched. Sputnik looks at how the Syrians managed to do it.
The Western attack, executed this morning at 4:00 am Syrian time on April 14, saw US Navy warships in the Red Sea and Air Force B-1B bombers and F-15 and F-16 aircraft rain dozens of ship and air-launched cruise missiles down on the Syrian capital of Damascus, an airbase outside the city, a so-called chemical weapons storage facility near Homs, and an equip...