U.S. And Russia Escalate Attacks On ISIS; World May Be ‘Seconds’ Away From World War Three, Says Military Expert
The U.S. and Russia are both on a monumental mission of putting a halt on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorism, staging numerous attacks on the rebel group, reported Mirror on Monday.
Forces led by the U.S. claimed they have staged 24 attacks on Saturday, but Russia, who claimed hits on 55 Islamic State targets, was left unimpressed by the western nation's efforts for not churning out "results."
Some rebels, however, claim that Russia was targeting even non-ISIS rebel groups, including fighter trained by the U.S.
With all the attacks on and from the ISIS group, Syrian airspace becomes heavily saturated and fears of clashing aircrafts, missiles and artillery could result to a fatal global consequence.
"Rationalizing such a complex airspace is not possible - like getting your mind round a Rubik's Cube that moves around at Mach 1.5, then adding a dozen more," explained a military expert.
"Given the amount of military traffic in the air there is a real worry a plane will be shot down in a catastrophic misunderstanding of intent," the expert added. "It means we could be seconds from a sudden escalation taking us to the very brink of war."
Russia expert at the Henry Janckson Society think tank Andrew Foxall also pointed that an aerial error could result to a "diplomatic incident of catastrophic proportions."
The Inquisitr reported on Sunday that Foxall claimed Russia has a "different objective to the Nato coalition and the western drive for liberal democracy and regime change in Syria" and that this could bring about a bigger concern as it may provoke global conflict. Russia intends to maintain a "pro-Russian regime in Syria" and the fact that China has joined them brings about even more confusion to the matter.
Others are also worried that Russia and Iran may be working together to fight in the Middle East as Russia is reportedly targeting non-ISIS rebels and Iran has been allowing Russian forces to fly on their airspace.
Meanwhile, The Guardian reported on Sunday, the Iraqi airstrike led to the death of Islamic State senior commanders, but group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not among the reported fatalities.