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Old 2012-06-23, 17:10   Link #108
sbg711
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There were rumours of Russia reinforcing Syria's air defences for the past ~6 months or so. NATO is eager to "install a no-fly zone" over Syrian airspace (which, in other words, means bomb the hell out of Assad's ground forces), but the probable presence of a viable air defence capability is what's keeping NATO at bay.
The Turkish jet was flying at high speed and low altitude, unarmed. This was a reconnaissance mission in order to confirm Syria's ability or inability to respond to an invasion.

However, Erdogan had to make an idiot out of himself and claim that the Turkish military aircraft had penetrated Syrian airspace due to "flying too fast". I guess the arms and thugs that are regularly pouring from Turkey into Syria are also "running too fast", hence being unable to stop before breaching the poorly protected border.

Mark my words, until the west manages to strike a deal with Putin on the Syrian question, there will be no no-fly-zones nor invasions, unless someone's really eager to start WWIII, but then again, definitely someone is.
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