IDF Air Strike at Latakia Initial BDA
Added 2024-12-11 14:21:40 +0000 UTCCredit to Sam Lagrone of USNI for reporting on this first.
Hours after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the IDF conducted precision air strikes to destroy weapons that would other wise be captured by the incoming leadership.
From the initial photos obtained through MAXAR imaging and Google Earth (older photos for reference), the first attack had limited success at the Port of Latakia, Syria damaging only 2 of 5 OSA II corvettes.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-has-stuck-over-320-targets-in-syria-taking-out-70-of-army-capabilities/
Scott Cunningham
2024-12-11 15:35:03 +0000 UTCSome great coverage of the strikes.
Scott Cunningham
2024-12-11 15:34:54 +0000 UTCStyx is very vulnerable to today's ECM and doesn't pose a serious threat to modern ships. However, it does have a large warhead that would do considerable damage if it scored a hit.
Aaron Amick
2024-12-11 14:57:09 +0000 UTCSaw some other pics from across the pier. I think it was in today’s WSJ. It looked like the front two were burned out and wrecked. The two astern were hit and settling but not 100% destroyed. Couldn’t see the 5th one. What’s you assessment of the Styx as a AShM? I would imagine it’s of limited viability vs a modern ship armed with protective missiles, chaff, and ECM.
Scott Cunningham
2024-12-11 14:33:04 +0000 UTC
