{"id":49572,"date":"2015-11-19T14:20:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=49572"},"modified":"2015-11-19T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:20:52","slug":"russian-strategic-bombers-hit-isis-positions-with-cruise-missiles-smart-bombs-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/11\/19\/russian-strategic-bombers-hit-isis-positions-with-cruise-missiles-smart-bombs-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian strategic bombers hit ISIS positions with cruise missiles, smart bombs (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns__content\">\n<div class=\"article \">\n<h2 class=\"article__heading\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>RT<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media  \">\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \">Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry has released new videos of retribution attacks on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) with strategic bombers launching smart bombs and cruise missiles.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Strategic aviation was scrambled shortly after confirmation that the Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai Desert on October 31 was downed by a terrorist bomb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media  \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2015.11\/original\/564dc37ec36188227a8b4575.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9\u00a0Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pUgNLpjR-ME\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The footage was apparently recorded on the morning of November 19 and collected as technicians prepare the Russian long-range bombers to fulfill their missions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kOaZijPvSl0\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Tu-160 \u2018Blackjack\u2019 long-range bombers are based in Engels, near the city of Saratov in southern Russia, while the Tu-22M3 \u2018Backfires\u2019 and Tu-95 \u2018Bears\u2019 are stationed in Mozdok in the North Caucasus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/joV8Sw08zMM\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__content\">\n<div class=\"news-block\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\" class=\" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_trc_57337 \">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_57337\" class=\"trc_rbox ab_thumbnails-a_3x1 trc-content-sponsored \">\n<div id=\"trc_header_57337\" class=\"trc_rbox_header trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div class=\"trc_header_ext\">\n<div class=\"logoDiv link-disclosure  attribution-disclosure-link-sponsored\"><a class=\"trc_desktop_disclosure_link trc_attribution_position_top\" href=\"https:\/\/popup.taboola.com\/en\/?template=colorbox&amp;taboola_utm_source=rt-rtcom&amp;taboola_utm_medium=bytaboola&amp;taboola_utm_content=ab_thumbnails-a_3x1:Below%20Article%20Thumbnails:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sponsored Links<span class=\"trc_logos_v_align\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"trc_rbox_header_span\">More From The Web<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry has released new videos of retribution attacks on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) with strategic bombers launching smart bombs and cruise missiles. Strategic aviation was scrambled shortly after confirmation that the Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai Desert on October 31 was downed by a terrorist bomb. 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