Wednesday 1 October 2014

Jet UK Melancarkan SERANGAN pertama terhadap ISIS di IRAQ

A British Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4. (Reuters/Darren Staples)

WANmahani Pengebom Tornado daripada Tentera Udara Diraja Britain (RAF) telah melakukan serangan pertama mereka terhadap Negara Islam di Iraq, menurut Kementerian Pertahanan (MoD).

"Tindakan ini adalah sebahagian daripada operasi gabungan antarabangsa untuk menyokong kerajaan Iraq yang demokratik," kata MoD dalam satu kenyataan.

"Dalam perjalanan misi peninjau bersenjata dari RAF Akrotiri, dua Tornados telah ditugaskan untuk membantu tentera Kurdish di utara-barat Iraq yang berada di bawah serangan dari Isil (Isis) pengganas," kata kenyataan itu diteruskan.

2 pesawat Tornado GR4 telah digunakan, yang kini berpangkalan di RAF Akrotiri di Cyprus. The Tornado adalah semua-cuaca hari dan malam pengebom pejuang, yang telah digunakan oleh RAF sejak tahun 1980-an dan kini menjadi panjang sedikit di dalam gigi.

Menurut kenyataan itu, rondaan yang dikenal pasti kedudukan senjata berat yang dimiliki oleh Negara Islam (ISIS/Isil) yang menyerang tentera Kurdish di kawasan itu.

Pesawat menggunakan bom berpandu Paveway IV dan belerang anti-perisai peluru berpandu untuk mengambil kedudukan, serta trak pick-up satu bersenjata.

Sehingga kini, RAF Tornados telah terhad kepada terbang misi peninjauan ke atas Iraq, dan hanya mula rondaan bersenjata selepas parlimen UK bersetuju untuk membenarkan tindakan ketenteraan terhadap ISIS pada hari Jumaat.

UK Setiausaha Pertahanan Michael Fallon telah berkata bahawa pesawat RAF boleh terlibat dalam pengeboman ISIS selama bertahun-tahun akan datang.

Walaupun terdapat keraguan meluas keberkesanan serangan udara, Perdana Menteri, David Cameron menegaskan bahawa mereka adalah penting dalam kemusnahan masa depan garis keras kumpulan Islamis, sambil menambah bahawa alat yg paling penting dlm memerangi Negara Islam adalah lebih baik bersenjata Kurdish pejuang Peshmerga dan lebih terlatih tentera Iraq.

UK jets launch first Attacks against ISIS in IRAQ . . .

​Tornado bombers from Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) have carried out their first attacks against the Islamic State in Iraq, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD).

"This action is part of the international coalition’s operations to support the democratic Iraqi government," the MoD said in a statement.

“In the course of an armed reconnaissance mission from RAF Akrotiri, two Tornados were tasked to assist Kurdish troops in north-west Iraq who were under attack from Isil (Isis) terrorists,” the statement continued.

Two Tornado GR4 aircraft were used, which are now based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The Tornado is an all-weather day and night fighter bomber, which has been in use by the RAF since the 1980s and is now becoming a little long in the tooth.

According to the statement, the patrol identified a heavy weapon position belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), which was attacking Kurdish forces in the area.

The planes used a Paveway IV guided bomb and a Brimstone anti-armor missile to take out the position, as well as an armed pick-up truck.

Until now, RAF Tornados have been limited to flying reconnaissance missions over Iraq, and only began armed patrols after the UK parliament agreed to authorize military action against ISIS on Friday.

UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has said that RAF planes could be engaged in bombing ISIS for years to come.

Although there is widespread skepticism of the effectiveness of airstrikes, Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted that they are crucial in the future destruction of the hardline Islamist group, adding that the most important tools in the fight against the Islamic State are better armed Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and better trained Iraqi troops.


Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...