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Today's Headlines and Commentary by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic Wednesday October 7 th , 2015  at  3:33 PM Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices 1 Share Russia has  fired  a series of medium range cruise missiles into Syria in what appears to be a coordinated effort to launch a major offensive alongside Syrian ground troops , the  New York Times writes .  The missiles were launched from warships in the Caspian Sea , and the  Post   reports  that “a map from Russia’s Defense Ministry showed the path of the cruise missiles crossing Iran and Iraq — which would apparently require coordination from both nations and draw them indirectly into the Russian military intervention as gateways for attacks.”  Russia’s use of the missiles represents a significant escalation of the Kremlin’s involvement in the conflict. In a televised meeting with the Russian defense minister, President Vladimir Putin “said it was too early to talk about the results of R