[MNJohnnie]

The real question is why the pilot of the Turkish aircraft had the orders he was given.

Two thoughts The Turks thought they needs to put a warning shot across Putins bows. There are things in that area the Turks want to protect. Which raises the interesting question, just which side is Turkey actually on?

[Mat_Helm]

Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva is going to repay Turkey in kind right up one of their F-16’s tailpipe.

[Mat_Helm]

Sergey Rudskoy, a top official with the Russian General Staff, condemned the attack on the Russian bomber in Syrian airspace by a Turkish fighter jet as a severe violation of international law. He stressed that the Su-24 was downed over the Syrian territory. The crash site was four kilometers away from the Turkish border, he said.

Rudskoy said the Russian warplane did not violate Turkish airspace. Additionally, according to the Hmeymim airfield radar, it was the Turkish fighter jet that actually entered Syrian airspace as it attacked the Russian bomber.

The Turkish fighter jet made no attempts to contact Russian pilots before attacking the bomber, Rudskoy added.

We assume the strike was carried out with a close range missile with an infra-red seeker, Rudskoy said. The Turkish jet made no attempts to communicate or establish visual contact with our crew that our equipment would have registered. The Su-24 was hit by a missile over Syrian territory.