Tuesday Linkage
By 
Sexy:
It looks like Moscow stepped up its military effort in Syria even before the intention to intensify the air strikes was announced by Putin on Nov. 17.
As initially reported by Reuters, a US official has confirmed that Moscow has conducted a significant number of strikes in Syria using both sea-launched cruise missiles and long-range bombers.
The Russian MoD said 25 long-range bombers took part in the raid: 5 x Tu-160s, 6 x Tu-95MS and 14 x Tu-22M3.
According to one our sources who wishes to remain anonymous, the long-range bombers the Russian Air Force has used against ground targets in Syria early in the morning on Nov. 17 were Tu-22M Backfire strategic bombers.
It makes me sad that the B-70 and the T-4 never lived to see this day. https://t.co/mrrRyZsNmf
— Robert Farley (@drfarls) November 17, 2015
Other stuff for your Tuesday:
- Foreign Policy and the Black Radical
- The Origins of Jet Lag
- Virtual tour of an XB-70 cockpit? Why, yes.
- The Digital Commons and the Future of International Relations publishing
- Don’t forget to bring a tugboat!
- The Catholic Church and the Bomb