Posted on 10/10/2015 4:39:01 PM PDT by jonatron
Social media users said there was a large explosion in Huraytan, northern Syria. The Russian Embassy in London was not available for comment.
The Turkish military has blasted a Russian jet out of the sky after it violated its airspace, according to unconfirmed reports.
Social media users said there was a large explosion in Huraytan, northern Syria. The Russian Embassy in London was not available for comment.
Last week Turkey said its jets had intercepted a Russian fighter in its airspace and the prime minister threatened to shoot down any plane that strayed in future.
Two Turkish F-16s forced the plane back into Syrian airspace on Saturday and Ahmet Davutoglu called in the Russian ambassador to protest.
He said on TV: “The Turkish armed forces have their orders. The necessary will be done even if a bird violates Turkey’s border. Rules of engagement are clear.”
Russia said the plane had entered Turkey “by mistake” and assured Ankara it would not happen again. Putin's forces are currently supporting the Syrian regime by targeting President Bashir al-Assad's opponents, including ISIS.
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I keep hearing about it, but I’m not seeing any pictures. No pictures = It didn’t happen.
My, My, My, Ivan’s not going to take this well.
here we go.
I tend to doubt this though if it happened, I would not be surprised for it to be hushed up and probably a slim chance there would be pictures as well. Not believing until there is something more.
I agree. It’s old fake news at this point.
Does someone here knows what constitutes an airspace violation?
1 meter?
100 meters?
1 kilometer?
And is it time dependent as well?
Off the rails... here we go.
Did they use camel dung?
Given that NATO announced that it will send troops to Turkey to defend its ally in the event of another Russian breach of its borders, this event could be very significant - whether it occurred or not !
Still not buying it.
The other side of the coins is with computer assisted photography software, what did not happen could be shown to have happened.
All reports have the same disclaimer up front, this one in Italics different from the other text
Social media users said there was a large explosion in Huraytan
Social Media??
almost like that part is talking points code...
Hmmm
All of these “Reports” seem to be sourced from a Ukrainian regime Propaganda source, Censor.net.
There should be some wreckage on the ground. No pictures = It didn't happen.
With the existence of Photoshop, I don't even believe pictures anymore.
I don’t believe the story, but they would use F-16’s sold to them by us.
Russian planes are based in Latakia which is very close to the Turkish border.
Turks have protested to the Russian embassy about Russian planes locking their radars on Turkish F-16’s but their is still no official word about any shooting from either government which makes this rumor doubtful.
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