Russia seeking airspace clearance for military flights into Syria

Earlier this month, the Kremlin denied an Israeli news report that Moscow is planning to send warplanes and personnel to Syria, now the LA Times says Russia has approached a country neighboring Syria for airspace clearance of its military aircraft into Syria.

Sukhoi Su-24M Pichugin-1
By Dmitriy Pichugin (http://russianplanes.net/id78174) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Potential cyber mission for EA-18G could lead to more orders

The Pentagon could task the EA-18G with a new role to hack into enemy computer networks, if so, the U.S. Navy will order more Growlers to meet the new demand, outgoing CNO Admiral Jonathan Greenert said.

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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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