Russo-Turkish War of 2020

[Deleted member]

While this war is notional at the moment because Erdogan hasn't miscalculated or escalated yet, the risk is now quite real. This thread is meant to provide a location for sharing info on blogs, videos, GIS data, and reports from the course of the fighting around Idlib which is seeing increasing full involvement of Turkish regulars, opening a new phase in the Great Near Eastern War which started with the so-called "Arab Spring" and continues with major fighting in Syria, Yemen, and Libya ten years later, with only a strictly notional peace having been brought to the fourth major conflict zone, Iraq.

 

[Deleted member 88]

I suspect things won't escalate too much. Erdogan is too smart a politician, Ottoman dreams aside to go to war with Russia.

 

[Bacle]

A Greek friend of mine is almost salivating over this happening, because bad things happening to Turks is a reason to celebrate for them.

 

[PsihoKekec]

Syria livemap

 

[Husky_Khan]

Erdogan has been playing speed chess it seems these past few years. Unless things get truly cereal, like Russian bombers blasting Turkish cities or something, I think he'd read the room and not invoke Article V.

Turkey seems pretty well placed to engage in a proxy war with the Syrians, Russians and whoever backs them if this escalates I feel, if only for the time being. Plus NATO interference doesn't have to be in unison, some countries might choose to support Ukraine more to spite Russia, others might wanna sell Turkey weapons at lucrative prices for "border security" promises and Greece will just close its borders and munch popcorn.

More then a few in the West will simply just watch and hope the conflict just doesn't ramp up to the intensity of an actual shooting war between the two sides as much as simply an intensifying proxy war between Turkish soldiers and "not" Russian soldiers and their respective allies.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Is it finally time for Russia to Remove Kebab?

 

[PsihoKekec]

It isn't.

Almost forgot, Peto Lucem is still making maps of the conflict.

 

[Cherico]

A Greek friend of mine is almost salivating over this happening, because bad things happening to Turks is a reason to celebrate for them.

After the shit decade the greeks have had they can use what ever good news they can get.

 

[Lanmandragon]

So Constantinople when then?

 

[Harlock]

Come on then Poland, you know what to do

 

[Big Steve]

Come on then Poland, you know what to do

Oh, you know I have to.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Oh, you know I have to.

This too.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Come on then Poland, you know what to do

Turkey and Russia going to war?

Poland:

 

[Deleted member 88]

I saw on Twitter apparently Menagh airbase has been targeted, the rebels have recaptured the M5 highway and that both Turkish and Russian planes are being scrambled.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Two Syrian Su-24 Fencer Jets And A Turkish Drone Shot Down Over Idlib Region, Syria.

The Turkish Air Force shot down two Syrian Su-24 Fencers today. A Turkish Anka-S drone drone was also downed. On Mar. 1, 2020, two Syrian Arab Air Force

theaviationist.com

Apparently the threat that you'll be equipping your ground attack aircraft with air to air missiles isn't so much a making a threat as it is making them a target.

 

[Deleted member 88]

Turkish drones revolutionize Idlib conflict – analysis

Turkey has systematically taken over other areas in northern Syria, primarily Kurdish areas, where it has used Syrian rebels to fight the Kurdish YPG.

www.jpost.com

One thing hasn't gotten the attention it deserves is Turkey's use of drones. While the US has used drones to kill alleged terrorists, Turkey's use shows the viability of drones in conventional warfare.

Apparently dozens to hundreds of soldiers and vehicles of the SAA have been neutralized.

 

[PsihoKekec]

However they could only do it due to the fact that Syrian AA defenses in that area are next to nonexistant. Their use in Lybia was greatly cutailed after UAE supplied Haftar's forces with SAMs.

 

[Tryglaw]

Come on then Poland, you know what to do

With Russia distracted, retake Lithuania and Ukraine all the way to Odessa to gain Black Sea ports?
Yes, please.

 

[Deleted member]

The 4th Battle of Saraqeb has concluded with Assadist dismount forces having reoccupied most of the town. The Turks are quite unlikely to tolerate this position being held by the Assadists long-term, so there is likely to be a 5th Battle as a counterattack attempts to dislodge them in the near future.

 

[Husky_Khan]

I can't wait for the 12th Battle of the M5 Motorway!

I do like how Turkey refers to the casualties incurred by its strikes as "neutralizing" SAA forces. Such delightful passive aggressive newspeak. Makes them sound like they're Terminators.