{"id":50067,"date":"2015-12-08T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=50067"},"modified":"2015-12-08T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:12:17","slug":"the-bomb-door-of-the-tu-22-m3-missile-carrying-bomber-the-russian-aerospace-forces-on-its-operational-mission-to-deliver-air-strikes-at-isis-targets-in-syriarussian-forces-launch-2000-bombs-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/12\/08\/the-bomb-door-of-the-tu-22-m3-missile-carrying-bomber-the-russian-aerospace-forces-on-its-operational-mission-to-deliver-air-strikes-at-isis-targets-in-syriarussian-forces-launch-2000-bombs-against\/","title":{"rendered":"The bomb-door of the Tu-22 M3 missile-carrying bomber, the Russian aerospace forces, on its operational mission to deliver air strikes at ISIS targets in SyriaRussian Forces Launch 2,000 Bombs Against Terrorists in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"b-article__lead\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Sputnik<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"b-article__lead\">Russian Aerospace Forces have launched some 2,000 aerial bombs in Syria, destroying numerous extremist infrastructure targets over four days, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-article__videoclub_embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<div class=\"b-inject m-inject-min\">\n<div class=\"b-inject__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Russian warplanes at Hmeymim Airbase, Syria\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn5.img.sputniknews.com\/images\/102957\/75\/1029577536.jpg\" alt=\"Russian warplanes at Hmeymim Airbase, Syria\" width=\"705\" height=\"375\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__copy\"><a>\u00a9 SPUTNIK\/ ALEXANDER ASTAFYEV<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/20151208\/1031439645\/russia-syria-300-sorties.html\">Russia Crushes More Than 600 Terrorist Targets in 3 Days &#8211; Defense Ministry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to\u00a0the statement, 1,920 bombs were launched against\u00a0militants since\u00a0December 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"marker-quote1\">&#8220;Seventy command centers, 21 training camps, six munitions and explosives plants, 43 munitions depots and six oil objects were destroyed,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Intensified airstrikes from\u00a0Russian forces have allowed the Syrian army to\u00a0develop its offensive in\u00a0key regions, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result, the strikes have created the conditions for\u00a0further offensive action of\u00a0the Syrian army in\u00a0cooperation with\u00a0other armed forces in\u00a0the areas of\u00a0Aleppo, Idlib, mountainous Latakia and Palmyra.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has conducted airstrikes against\u00a0Daesh, also known as\u00a0ISIL\/the Islamic State, in\u00a0Syria since\u00a0September 30, acting at\u00a0the request of\u00a0the legitimate government of\u00a0Bashar al-Assad. Russian warships stationed in\u00a0the Caspian Sea have also launched successful cruise missile strikes against\u00a0the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/russia\/20151209\/1031445116\/Russia-strikes-Syria.html#ixzz3tlmrclJj\">http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/russia\/20151209\/1031445116\/Russia-strikes-Syria.html#ixzz3tlmrclJj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/russia\/20151209\/1031445116\/Russia-strikes-Syria.html#ixzz3tlmc4XqO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Sputnik Russian Aerospace Forces have launched some 2,000 aerial bombs in Syria, destroying numerous extremist infrastructure targets over four days, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. \u00a9 SPUTNIK\/ ALEXANDER ASTAFYEV Russia Crushes More Than 600 Terrorist Targets in 3 Days &#8211; Defense Ministry According to\u00a0the statement, 1,920 bombs were launched against\u00a0militants since\u00a0December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}