Russia says jet shot down near Turkey-Syria border

Guardian ^ | 24 Nov 15 | Unknown

[elhombrelibre]

Russia’s defence ministry says an SU-24 fighter jet has been shot down near Syria’s border with Turkey.

Turkey said its fighter jets have shot down a warplane after it violated Turkey’s airspace. The jet was warned 10 times in the space of five minutes over airspace violations before it was shot down by F-16 fighter jets, the Turkish military said in a statement.

[elhombrelibre]

Here is a list of thirty nine violations by Russia of other nation's air space in 2014.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/full-list-of-incidents-involving-russian-military-and-nato-since-march-2014-9851309.html

Putin has been bullying nations in Europe for quite some time now.

[Mister Da]

I’m gonna guess that in the 39 violations, no planes were shot down. That’s because an airspace violation is not sufficient reason for a violent reaction.

This was damn foolish of the Truks, serving no purpose other than enraging the Russians. Putin will get his revenge.

[fortheDeclaration]

These things begin to take a life on of their own.

Very dangerous situation.

[BerryDingle]

Absolutely they did! I think we read the same books.