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...some "interesting theories" mooted thru that link. "Friendly fire" / "Blue on Blue"Le Addeur noir wrote:News reports of a Russian IL-20 with 14 POB has disappeared off the Syrian coast late on 17 September,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45556290
:A French military spokesman told AFP news agency: "The French army denies any involvement in this attack."
Meanwhile, the Israeli military refused to comment on reports its planes targeted facilities in the Latakia area on Monday,
saying: "We don't comment on foreign reports."
A US Pentagon spokesman said: "The missiles were not fired by the US military and we have nothing further at this time."
However, an unnamed US official said Washington believed the plane was accidentally shot down with anti-aircraft artillery by the Syrian government, Reuters reports.
The Syrian government has not yet commented on the incident.
You mean "Red on Red"?Stratofreighter wrote:
"Friendly fire" / "Blue on Blue"
Some newsreports in The Netherlands says that israeli jets hidded behind the Il-20 before the Il-20 was shot down .......Stratofreighter wrote:Le Addeur noir wrote:News reports of a Russian IL-20 with 14 POB has disappeared off the Syrian coast late on 17 September,
...some "interesting theories" mooted thru that link. "Friendly fire" / "Blue on Blue"
A French military spokesman told AFP news agency: "The French army denies any involvement in this attack."
Meanwhile, the Israeli military refused to comment on reports its planes targeted facilities in the Latakia area on Monday,
saying: "We don't comment on foreign reports."
A US Pentagon spokesman said: "The missiles were not fired by the US military and we have nothing further at this time."
However, an unnamed US official said Washington believed the plane was accidentally shot down with anti-aircraft artillery by the Syrian government, Reuters reports.
The Syrian government has not yet commented on the incident.
Map provided by Russian MoD, hardly impartial/objective...Are the accusations fair?
Analysis by Jonathan Marcus, BBC Defence Correspondent
Russia's anger is real. But the question is, are the Russians attributing blame fairly?
The charges are two-fold.
Long-standing and up to now effective information-sharing broke down.
The Israeli Air Force has Russian-speaking air traffic controllers
able to communicate with their Russian opposite numbers.
But Moscow says they were informed of the Israeli raid with only one minute's notice.
Secondly Russia charges - more seriously -
that the Israelis used the large radar signature
of the Ilyushin turbo-prop to mask their own aircraft.
But the radar signatures of the relatively slow Ilyushin
and four nimble F-16 jets are radically different.
Furthermore, the Syrian air defences should have known
whatever the Israelis were doing.
There may be several contributory factors in this tragedy.
Russia cannot publicly castigate its Syrian allies.
In private things may be rather different.
https://twitter.com/GrishinMax/status/1 ... 8607618050Starfighter_F-104G wrote:RF-93610
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