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In reply to the discussion: Russian entry into Turkish airspace lasted 'seconds': U.S. official [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)46. Now, when I posted that the talk was still of a Ground to Air Missile, but now it is F-16
Last edited Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:12 PM - Edit history (1)
The blue dots and lines, I suspect is the F-16 flight. It is traditional in military maps for enemies to be in Red and Friendly forces in Blue.
Furthermore it is now clear two MIG-24 were in operation at that same time, thus the two red lines. Notice the line STOP as the blue line (I suspect for the F-16) closes in to SYRIAN TERRITORY. It appears to be a dash, and if that is the case that F-16 subsequently entered Syrian territory. i.e. fire its missile and THEN entered Syrian Air Space. Thus the termination of all place tracks. The Turkish Air Force does NOT want to show its plane violated Syrian Air Space.
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As the Russian jets were headed to the Syrian border they were given warnings
tammywammy
Nov 2015
#49
That is a good question for you to ask yourself. How does a path depend on velocity?
xocet
Nov 2015
#43
Please remember, the Turkish Army is NOT supportive of the President of Turkey.
happyslug
Nov 2015
#21
Now, when I posted that the talk was still of a Ground to Air Missile, but now it is F-16
happyslug
Nov 2015
#46
The Patriot air defense systems that were loaned to Turkey a couple years ago
tammywammy
Nov 2015
#51
Article here says they warned it starting 15 km away. Still, 5 min seems too long for it to fly 15 k
uppityperson
Nov 2015
#4
Wow, that doesn't sound very Democratic. Sounds more like what the Republicons would say.
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#8
You can add the President to your doubtlessly long list of people who sound Republican
BeyondGeography
Nov 2015
#10
as someone who grew up in the middle of the Cold War, i don't read this as
nashville_brook
Nov 2015
#9
If you'd like to avoid another war, defending sovereign airspace rights is one place to start
BeyondGeography
Nov 2015
#11
uh huh, and being in a proxy war in Syria is a great way to...start a war.
nashville_brook
Nov 2015
#14
russia has to stop their willie nillie bombing Jets. they bomb the crap out of the entire of syria
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#13