title: carter reveals upgrades to us long range rocket
text: half of russians fear syria could spark ww  
  russia today almost half of all respondents in a recent russian opinion poll said they feared that the aggravation of relations between russia and the west caused by the ongoing crisis in syria could develop into a global military conflict 
  the share of those who see the probability of world war three in the near future as high or very high is now at  percent and those who appraise it as low or very low comprise  percent of society the privatelyowned public opinion research center levada reported on monday the remaining  percent of respondents said they couldnt give a simple answer to the question 
  when researchers asked citizens if they considered it possible that russia and the west would eventually find a mutually acceptable solution to the crisis  percent answered that this scenario was likely or very likely thirtynine percent evaluate the probability of such an outcome as low or very low and  percent said that they couldnt answer the question 
  just over half   percent  of russians said they approve of their countrys involvement in the syrian conflict and  percent said they had a negative or sharply negative attitude to this just under a quarter   percent  couldnt answer the question about their personal view on the subject those who thought that russia should continue the operation and those who thought that airstrikes should be stopped were divided  percent against  percent respectively with  percent finding the question too difficult to answer 
  the level of awareness about the situation in syria and the russian air force operation against islamic state is formerly isisisil terrorists there remained fairly high eighteen percent said they were very closely following developments in syria and  percent revealed partial familiarity with the issue just under a fifth   percent  said that they were not interested in news about syria 
  a similar poll conducted a year ago by the independent levada center showed that over  percent of russian citizens supported the air operations against is terrorists in syria and almost a half of them agreed that it was right for russia to support the government of syrias democraticallyelected president bashar assad 
  a different poll conducted earlier this month by the staterun research center vtsiom showed that  percent of russians believed that western criticism of the air forces counterterrorism operation in aleppo syria was ungrounded and prejudiced only  percent said the allegations of wrongdoing on the part of the russian military have some basis in reality 
  russia first deployed an air force contingent in syria in  after receiving a request for military help from the syrian government which is currently battling islamic state and affiliated groups russian war planes began launching airstrikes on terrorists in syria on september   their work has aided the syrian military in achieving considerable success in driving jihadist forces out of the country