For those who responded to my previous Post about Russia rattling it's cage in response to our shooting down one of Syria's Warplanes. Some would think that the Russians are a bonifide threat to our military in the MIddle East.
Let give you few reminder's.
We have Dozen's of FA-18E fighters spread throughout the region. We also have hundred's of F-16,F-15 and F-14's To match this with Russia's best, they have about 25. Of these 25 only 10 are outfitted to be tactical. In addition the Squadron of our F-22 Stealth fighter's are poised to respond to any confrontation and if by some chance Russia would be lucky enough to down one of our Aircraft, the Stealth fighters would have it down before it could return to it's base. To top that off, the Carrier USS George Bush is poised in the Mediterranean with a full complement of Fighter and recon aircraft. With this we are augmented by hundred's of Tomahawk Missile's from that Carrier group and additionally various Tomahawk Missile installations in Turkey, Iraq and elsewhere in the region. Russia would commit pure Suicide in any attack on our Aircraft. The only thing Russia is prepared for in that region is Defense.
They have installed a lot of Ground to Air sites and that could be the only threat to our aircraft. That being said, they would immediately be eliminated by a barrage of Tomahawk missiles.
The moral of this story is this, Putin is blowing smoke. Our Government knows this and are assuring us that's all it is. He know's it also. He has great intelligence in the area and knows fully that any attack on our Aircraft would be a huge mistake. It could boil down to a Tit-For-Tat incident or could escalate, but either way, Russia would be mortified. They have no chance.
