Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 23, 2015. REUTERS/IVAN SEKRETAREV/POOL
Thomas Seibert, Daily Beast: Turkey Threatens to Shoot Down Russian Planes that Stray from Syria
The air over the Syrian-Turkish border is getting crowded with warplanes, and tensions are growing.
ISTANBUL — As Russian warplanes fly over Syria, neighboring NATO member Turkey says its fighter jets could open fire on them if they stray into Turkish airspace. The threat is serious and highlights the danger of a direct military confrontation between Russia and its old Cold War adversaries, including not just Turkey but the United States.
Tensions between Ankara and Moscow over Russia’s stepped-up military involvement in the Syrian war escalated sharply on Monday when Turkey revealed two of its F-16 fighters intercepted a Russian jet that had crossed into Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi in the border province Hatay.
The two countries are rivals in the Syrian conflict, with Turkey calling for an end to the rule of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Russia presenting itself as Assad’s most important ally.
WNU Editor: Shooting down a Russian plane will open a "Pandora's Box" of retaliation. What is also troubling is that Bloomberg is reporting that it was the Russian MIGs that locked onto the Turkish fighters, and not the other way around. U.S. officials believe that this territorial violation was done on purpose .... Russia invading Turkish airspace no "accident": U.S. official (CBS/AP).
More News On Turkey Intercepting A Russian Fighter Jet That Violated Its Air Space
Turkey Puts Russia on Notice -- AP
Turkish defense radar locked on Russian fighter as it bombed Syrian town -- McClatchy News
Syria conflict: Turkish jets intercept Russian plane -- BBC
Turkey 'intercepts' Russian jet violating its air space -- AFP
Turkey seeks EU backing for Syria no-fly, buffer zones -- Washington Post/AP
Turkey warns Russia over air space violations from Syria -- AFP
Russia says violation of Turkish airspace was ‘navigation error’ -- Hurriyet Daily News
Russia says Turkish airspace violation 'a mistake,' Turkish media report -- CNN
Turkey says ‘no tension’ after Russian airspace violation mistake, NATO cries foul -- RT
Update: John Kerry is now issuing the same warning .... Russian jet over Turkey risked being shot down: Kerry (AFP)
4 comments:
So David Cameron is finally right about something,although he believes that the UK and US bought and paid for terrorists are to be left unhampered to complete the overthrow of Assad .. lol
WNU Editor,
MoA et. al, note that the Russian fighters did not violate legal Turkish "airspace",
Turkey extended it's " airspace" 5 miles into into Syrian territory.
So here's Turkey, after violating Syrian sovereignty numerous times, and supporting Jihadists to sew havoc in Syria and undermine the government carrying on about so-called incursions into "Turkish" airspace.
I call b@@@@@@@. Apparently,so has Russia.
I suspect when those Russian fighters locked onto them,exact border lines seemed of much less importance than when they were flying out to intercept.
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