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International News Title: Only 23 out of 59 US missiles hit target, damage is "laughable" - Syrian officer A military source from the Syrian Arab Republic has disclosed the details of the consequences of the US’ missile strike on Syria’s Sharat airfield: This fact and the incident in September 2016 in Deir ez-Zor (when coalition aircraft bombed Syrian armed forces, after which an ISIS offensive on the city began) speak to the fact that the US is not so much fighting with terrorists in Syria as it is providing them direct military support in fighting against the Syrian army. Poster Comment: Trump Owned (Owns?) Stock in The Company He Just Helped Make a Billion Overnight by Bombing Syria Each one of the 59 Tomahawk missiles fired by the US Navy, by order of Trump, at the Syrian air base in Homs cost somewhere between $800,000 and $1.4 million — per missile. This obviously expensive surge in US military spending subsequently sent the manufacturer’s stock soaring. It also sent the Free Thought Project on an investigation into the types of stocks in which President Trump invests. What we found is shocking, but sadly, typical. Tomahawk missiles are manufactured by a company, with whom most people are familiar, Raytheon. According to Raytheon’s website: “Today’s Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile can circle for hours, shift course instantly on command and beam a picture of its target to controllers halfway around the world before striking with pinpoint accuracy. Tomahawk can be launched from a ship or submarine and can fly into heavily defended airspace more than 1,000 miles away to conduct precise strikes on high-value targets with minimal collateral damage. Launching the weapon from such a long distance helps to keep sailors out of harm’s way.” However, some may not be familiar with the fact that according to the President’s most recent FEC disclosure, the Trumps actually own or have owned stock in Raytheon. That’s right, the 59 missiles, that Trump hurled at Syria — which cost taxpayers somewhere between $47 million and $82 million — could’ve actually turned a profit for the president. The report showed that Trump also owns or has owned stock in many well-known companies including Apple, Nike, Whole Foods, Google, Philip Morris, McDonald’s, Facebook, and Morgan Stanley, among many others — including many other defense contractors who stand to make billions off Trump’s aggression. It is important to note that in December of 2016, Trump spokesman, Jason Miller told The Post that Trump liquidated all of his assets. However, we’ve yet to see any proof of this and will not see any proof until at least 2018. “We need to know, has he put them in conflict free assets … or has he bought other stocks or assets that would create new conflicts?” Norm Eisen, who served as ethics counselor to President Obama asked. “It’s all the more reason that we need a prompt and full financial disclosure. If he did liquidate all his stocks, what did he do with the money? What bank is the money in? What did he buy? It’s a lot of money.” Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
I looked up prices, and according to wiki, Tomahawks cost about $1.5 million each. I guess those are the most advanced versions, and others cost perhaps half that. The Russion S-400 missiles cost about 700k - 800k, and are expected to be capable of shooting down tomahawks, or at least cuise missiles in general. They fly much, much faster than cruise missiles do. If only about 25% of Tomahawks reached the target, then that would explain why the launched 59 of them, which seemed like an aweful lot to me. I question that though. I think Tomahawks are capable of navigating by terrain mapping -- basically comparing the land it's flying over with internal digital maps, which is error prone -- but certainly it would also have GPS navigation ability as an alternate navigation mode. But maybe they don't trust GPS as it could possibly be spoofed in flight and the thereby commandeered. The modern versions are in constant control as well, much like drones, so any nav errors could be corrected to set the Tomahawks back on course. Tomahawks have been around longer than drones. I don't know the value of Mig-23's but it's very possible that the value of 59 Tomahawks exceeds the value of what the Syrians lost. But of course the Syrians are very likely less able to afford replacements than the US is. I do expect Russia to donate replacement aircraft though, pro bono.
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