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Syrian regime accidentally shoots down Russian military plane
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Posted on 09/17/2018 7:35:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
We hit something! We actually hit a plane!
Wait, wait it's one of our allies planes. We hit a Russian plane.
WE SHOT DOWN A PLANE!
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posted on
09/17/2018 9:03:34 PM PDT
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Lockbox
To: Steely Tom
Lol.
Japan airlines flight 007 comes to mind.
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posted on
09/17/2018 9:22:58 PM PDT
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prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: Dogbert41
Same here.
Russian electronic stuff from the 2000's vs Israel 2018 electronic warfare stuff while playing in Israel's backyard.
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posted on
09/17/2018 9:26:04 PM PDT
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prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: prophetic
To: railroader
Thanks for the correction! I don’t know why I made that kind of mixup.
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posted on
09/17/2018 10:17:56 PM PDT
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prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: North Coast Conservative
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posted on
09/18/2018 3:52:49 AM PDT
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Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: BenLurkin
I know a lot of FReepers jest about this, but this is a seriously dangerous situation. Russia will be moved domestically to respond. Hopefully this can be smoothed over.
To: Blood of Tyrants
You would think the IFF would have prevented a friendly fire shootdown. Unless the Israelis were jamming heavily (and thus impeding reception of IFF signals), and had their jamming aircraft sitting where the Russian plane was between them and the Syrian missiles in case the Syrians launched in "home on jam" mode.
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posted on
09/18/2018 5:26:27 AM PDT
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PapaBear3625
("It rubs the rainbow on it's skin or it gets the diversity again!")
To: captain_dave
I know a lot of FReepers jest about this, but this is a seriously dangerous situation. Russia will be moved domestically to respond. Hopefully this can be smoothed over. The Israelis think they can poke the bear, and that the US will shield them from any response. At least, that's their hope...
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posted on
09/18/2018 5:30:08 AM PDT
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PapaBear3625
("It rubs the rainbow on it's skin or it gets the diversity again!")
To: PapaBear3625
ECM aircraft have more than one e-weapon at their disposal than a high power, static-noise jam. They can also fool the receiving radar into thinking that there are more or fewer aircraft and spoof them miles away from their actual position.
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posted on
09/18/2018 1:19:54 PM PDT
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Blood of Tyrants
(Democratic socialism is when the majority of people vote to steal your property.)
To: captain_dave
I don’t think Russia will bomb Syria over it.
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09/18/2018 1:21:48 PM PDT
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AppyPappy
(How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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