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Brilliant ... Turks Say They Have Shot Down A Syrian Jet
the Russians are saying it was one of theirs.
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It is all depends in whose airspace the jet was when it was attacked. The Russians have permission to fly in Syria, and the jet crashed in Syria. If it strayed into Turkish airspace, they have a right to shoot it down. It should be relatively easy to determine where it was, military aircraft have very accurate global positioning systems.
Turkey must apologise to Russia immediately.
The US and NATO should keep out of the spat. The US and Turkey are not enjoying good relations at the moment.
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Turkey must apologise to Russia immediately.
The US and NATO should keep out of the spat. The US and Turkey are not enjoying good relations at the moment.
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This from 6th October, about a previous incursion of Turkish airspace:
// Turkey's prime minister says Russia has described its warplane's violation of Turkey's airspace as a "mistake" while calling the country's entry into the conflict in Syria as an escalation.
Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking in a live interview on HaberTurk TV on Monday, said that Turkey's rules of engagement were clear, whomever violates its airspace.
A Russian aircraft entered Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Saturday, prompting Turkey to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it and summon Russia's ambassador in protest.
"The Turkish armed forces are clearly instructed. Even it is a flying bird it will be intercepted," Davutoglu said.
He warned Turkey's enemies and allies not to infringe its air space but he dismissed the notion of tensions with Russia.
"The Syrian issue is not a Turkey-Russia crisis," he said.
"Our channels with Russia remain open," he said hoping that Moscow would give up on "wrong attitudes". //
// Turkey's prime minister says Russia has described its warplane's violation of Turkey's airspace as a "mistake" while calling the country's entry into the conflict in Syria as an escalation.
Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking in a live interview on HaberTurk TV on Monday, said that Turkey's rules of engagement were clear, whomever violates its airspace.
A Russian aircraft entered Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Saturday, prompting Turkey to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it and summon Russia's ambassador in protest.
"The Turkish armed forces are clearly instructed. Even it is a flying bird it will be intercepted," Davutoglu said.
He warned Turkey's enemies and allies not to infringe its air space but he dismissed the notion of tensions with Russia.
"The Syrian issue is not a Turkey-Russia crisis," he said.
"Our channels with Russia remain open," he said hoping that Moscow would give up on "wrong attitudes". //
Yes Peter you could be flying repeatedly over a small maybe narrow bit of forbidden airspace and warned repeatedly to get the hell. Then the eleventh time it wouldn't really matter if the actual shooting too place outside. I think you'd rightly be deemed to be taking the *** and ... Boom!
Anyway, we don't really know
Anyway, we don't really know
// The Russian Defence ministry stressed that "throughout its flight, the aircraft remained exclusively above Syrian territory", adding: "Objective monitoring data shows it." //
// Turkish military said two F-16s on patrol had fired on an unidentified aircraft at 09:24 (07:24 GMT) after warning it 10 times over five minutes about violating Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province.
It noted that the F-16s had intervened "in accordance with the rules of engagement", which were changed after Syria shot down a Turkish plane in 2012. //
It will be crucial to determine the exact position when the Russia jet was hit. Turkey frequently violates Syian airspace, so the Russians who are there at the invitation of Assad could in future 'secure' Syrian airspace from those it deems its enemy.
// Turkish military said two F-16s on patrol had fired on an unidentified aircraft at 09:24 (07:24 GMT) after warning it 10 times over five minutes about violating Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province.
It noted that the F-16s had intervened "in accordance with the rules of engagement", which were changed after Syria shot down a Turkish plane in 2012. //
It will be crucial to determine the exact position when the Russia jet was hit. Turkey frequently violates Syian airspace, so the Russians who are there at the invitation of Assad could in future 'secure' Syrian airspace from those it deems its enemy.
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