https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nsT6aWGq8Q Russia has been taking out Islamic State facilities across Syria with high precision weapons, making it possible to avoid civilian casualties. RT's Murad Gazdiev, embedded at the Russian military airbase in Latakia, takes a look at the modern laser-guided missiles used by Russian pilots. Russia’s Defense Ministry has released new videos of retribution attacks on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) with strategic bombers launching smart bombs and cruise missiles. Trends Russian anti-terror op in Syria Strategic aviation was scrambled shortly after confirmation that the Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Desert on October 31 was downed by a terrorist bomb.