Syrian Scud missile launch caught on tape

Filmed with a mobile phone (oriented vertically), the following amateur footage shows a Scud missile fired at rebels by Syrian forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad.

Although the authenticity of the video can’t be verified (it could have been filmed before the uprising), the reported use of Scud missiles marks a further escalation of the 20-month civil war.

More from The Aviationist

Helicopters

U.S. Air Force Flies Final Active Duty HH-60G Mission at Aviano Air Base as First HH-60W Arrives

F-35

Lockheed Martin Awarded ‘Undefinitized’ Contract for 145 F-35s Worth $11 Billion

Aviation Safety

Let’s Examine the Pilots’ Accounts Emerged After the Friendly Fire Incident Involving the F/A-18 Over the Red Sea

Military History

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang: A Forgotten Fighter of the Forgotten War

China

First Visuals of China’s WZ-9 Divine Eagle AEW Drone Surface Online

According to U.S. and NATO officials, loyalists have fired Scud-style ballistic missiles at rebels, several of those have landed “fairly close” to the Turkish border U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said on Friday in a blog explaining why Patriot anti-missile batteries are being deployed to Turkey.