[elhombrelibre]

Putin's aggressive violations are not new, and they're not accidental.

[lormand]

FRussian heads explode

[Berlin_Freeper]

[Zuben Elgenubi]

An Israeli Patriot missile shot down a Su-24 in Sept 2014.

Two Turkish F-16 shot down a Su-24 yesterday.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[utax]

“Just how many incursions into Nato airspace has Russian military made?”

Apparently one too many.

[kidd]

Korean Air Lines Flight 007

‘nuff said.

[TXnMA]

Stimulus-Response Reconnaissance...

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1) Approach as if to penetrate -- to stimulate a defensive response.

2) Observe and Record all defensive emissions and actions.

3) Go home and analyze the data -- looking for weak spots.

4) Return for another probe -- to determine if the weak spots are really vulnerable.

5) Plan your attack accordingly...

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Genuine "old school" intelligence-gathering strategy, really; even the Plains Indians used it...

[Smedley]

I’m divided on this issue.

On one hand, both the Turks and the Russians are dicks.

On the other hand, Turkey is a NATO member.

However, at least the Russians are siding against ISIS.

As long as NATO doesn’t get involved, I’ll call it a hard lesson learned by the Russians not to invade other countries’ air space.

[bgill]

I see several of those are listed as “approaching” xyz airspace. Approaching doesn’t mean inside.