They had now warning?! Doesn’t say much about their air defensive systems.
moozlums lie...russians lie. Who cares? What difference does it make?
"They had now warning?! Doesn’t say much about their air defensive systems.<
I'd be willing to bet the Turks have been lighting up every Russian aircraft that gets within twenty miles of the border ever since the Russians started flying these missions. That serves two purposes, 1) warns the Russians they're close the border and 2) lulls the pilots into not thinking about the warning after a while.
17 seconds . . . that's not enough time to warn an aircraft and have the aircraft react, PERIOD. Therefore this was preplanned by the Turks. They were waiting for someone to make a minor mistake or even to get within ten miles of the border since they claim a "buffer zone" ten miles deep within Syria.
JMHo
If there was no GC warning from Syrian / Russian defense radar, than the Turkish Viper’s could have simply taken a boresight AIM-9 shot without radar lock. With no radar lock there is no EW threat to evade or engage. It would appear that the Vipor’s were directed to within VFR range for a boresight shot from 6 O’clock.