Posted on 10/09/2015 8:27:32 PM PDT by revivaljoe
Russian jet SHOT DOWN by Turkey after it flew into their airspace, according to reports
A RUSSIAN jet has been shot down by Turkish forces after it flew into the country's airspace, according to as yet unconfirmed reports circulating on social media.
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This is bad.
It was only a matter of time before it happened.
Now what?
Our ability to get accurate information from this part of the world borders on nonexistent.
Let’s hope it is just misinformation.
The whole world is feeling trigger happy. Everyone needs to calm down.
Because it's not confirmed. There's a lot of Twitter garbage out there. A lot of propaganda. Faked videos of Russian aircraft being shot down etc.
Oh,man.
I hope Aboma’s’s trip isn’t spoiled by this news.
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F-16 vs. MiG-29, maybe?
Interesting...
F-16 I think. This is a big uh oh if true. Things could into auto-pilot now.
Nato ally.
We prep to defend Turkey.
I’m rooting for Russia against the Turks. Screw Turkey, should have been kicked out of NATO years ago.
Did it actually happen? I can’t find confirmation.
wouldn’t this be all over every station? even if there was a hint it might be true, stations would say “Russian plane possibly shot down”
but there’s nothing
Turkey is showing they will protect their airspace. Russia was pushing to see what they could do.
Americans have cleared the skies when Russians are nearby and they’ve buzzed our drones already. We did nothing.
Turkey is showing they aren’t girly men like Obama.
I imagine it’ll be swept under the rug and the two nations will agree to shut up about it with Russia not entering their airspace again.
But, yes. NATO is involved and things can escalate quickly.
What if Russia shot down one of our planes (manned or drone)?
One thing is certain, Russia will NOT accept its planes being shot down, particularly when it looks deliberate
hold on, we may be in for some fireworks
So was it in Turkey, or in Syria?
Just wondering.
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Northern SYRIA. This, if true, is most definitely NOT wise of the Turks. Turks shooting down a Russian plane in Syrian airspace (in which the Russians are technically Syria’s guests) would certainly be classified as a provocation.
The main thing that the damn Turks have been doing in Syria and Northern Iraq is bombing the Kurds. And the Kurds are just about the only effective ground force fighting ISIS. Turkey is, in many ways, allied with ISIS...certainly economically from which they benefit by their below market price purchase of oil.
Just like WWI. Things just fall into place because of a bunch of stupid alliances and stupid leaders.
I think it didn’t happen.
The media worldwide are embarrassingly unreliable.
why is a muslim theocracy (that’s what it really is) part of NATO?
a FReeper told me it was for tactical reasons during the cold war, but that was 25 years ago.
kick them out.
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The Truman is on its way to replace it
If Turkey starts a war by shooting down Russian craft in Syria, can we just let them get destroyed :)
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