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Turkish Shootdown

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scoober78

scoober78

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/24/world/meast/turkey-syria-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

So...as this situation continues to heat up, there are alot of questions that come up.

If the Turkish jet "strayed into their territory", how did it get close enough be shot by AAA without the pilot realizing where he was. If it was there on purpose, what was it doing? Recon?

If this was, as Turkey says, an act of war against a neutral party, what will their response be? Since they are NATO members...

Lots of not adding up (as per usual) in the news reporting.
 
scoober78

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Yeah...my bad...questions still valid I think, especially the "strayed into their territory" bit...
 
Renegade One

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Turks have apparently admitted their aircraft was in Syrian airspace. Can't speak to the issue of the aircrew's "situational awareness".
 
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