Shooting down a Russian warplane is equivalent to a World War

Thursday, March 16, 2023

"A deliberate attack on a Russian aircraft in international airspace will mean an open declaration of war against the largest nuclear power,"

 Said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in response to the statements of US Senator Lindsey Graham, who called for the downing of a Russian aircraft.

"The calls of some US senators go far beyond common sense," the Russian ambassador added, commenting on threats by Senator Lindsey Graham that the US should respond to the loss of the US UAV by shooting down Russian aircraft approaching US aircraft in international airspace.

But a Russian aircraft was shot down, and then Russia and Turkey - a member of NATO - became strategic allies. Read more in Tass.

The Turkish downing of Russian Sukhoi Su-24.

On November 24, 2015, at 09:24 (local time), an F-16 fighter jet of the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber operating against Syrian Turkish rebels in northern Syria.

The downed Russian Su-24M/83

  The downing occurred within Syrian airspace and at a distance of 1 km south of W-NW. The Turkish-Syrian border because the Russian aircraft had previously violated Turkish airspace for seventeen seconds.

  Although the two Russian pilots ejected successfully, only the co-pilot was rescued, while the captain was killed in the air by the insurgent fire while he was parachuting.

  The aircraft crashed on Syrian territory, 4 km south of the border. Another Russian marine was killed by the search and rescue team mentioned above.

Russian map of the area of engagement and shooting down. The path of the Russian aircraft is in red, and the Turkish one is in blue.

The Turkish "choice" of this demolition dramatically raised international tension after the latest multiple terrorist attacks in Paris.

  As an event, it dominated the international media for four days with positions, quotations, and confrontations both in the military and more in the political and diplomatic arena, with the revelation of even new alliances in the development and formation of the geostrategy of the Middle East.

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