| Tango01 | 24 Nov 2015 10:03 p.m. PST |
…over Syria?. "It was only a matter of time before Tuesday's incident in which NATO member Turkey shot down a Russian-made warplane near the Syrian border. The skies in and around Syria are increasingly used by multiple countries with conflicting interests in the years-long insurgency targeting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Immediate questions need to be raised about the likelihood of another such incident occurring in the future. Next time, it could involve the U.S. and Russia. The opposing narratives of Tuesday's incident are instructive. The Turkish military claims it warned the Russian-made SU-24 warplane 10 times in five minutes that it was violating Turkish airspace. Russia claims it can prove its aircraft was flying over Syria…"
See here
link If A Russian jet shoots down a U.S. military plane over Syria (by a military jet or by a S-300 missile battery)…. the U.S. will probably retaliate using F-15s based in Turkey …. "U.S. Is Ready To Wage Dog-Fights Against Russian Jets Over Syria."
link This in turn will mean that U.S. forces and allied bases in the region are now targets for Russian military retaliation … and they will retailiate. In short …. such a conflict will quickly escalate. But the same question can be said about the other side … what happens if a U.S. jet shoots down a Russian jet. Same result …. an escalation where I have trouble seeing it stop. Amicalement
Armand |
| Navy Fower Wun Seven | 24 Nov 2015 11:13 p.m. PST |
What happens?  |
| Calico Bill | 24 Nov 2015 11:42 p.m. PST |
Agree with Navy 417. Hot air, nothing else. |
| coopman | 25 Nov 2015 5:28 a.m. PST |
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| Cardinal Ximenez | 25 Nov 2015 5:31 a.m. PST |
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| jpattern2 | 25 Nov 2015 6:46 a.m. PST |
Of course the response would be nothing.
If the US retaliated with a massive display of force,
Result: The terrorists win!
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| Warwick13 | 25 Nov 2015 6:52 a.m. PST |
Anyone implying that the correct response is immediate and lethal reaction is disturbed. Of course the correct response is diplomacy. |
| David Manley | 25 Nov 2015 7:19 a.m. PST |
If it's over Syria the Russians, acting as they are on behalf of the government, would be perfectly entitled to do so as they would be protecting Syrian sovereignty. |
79thPA  | 25 Nov 2015 7:27 a.m. PST |
I don't see any post that says anything about a massive display of force or an immediate and lethal reaction. |
| Pan Marek | 25 Nov 2015 7:30 a.m. PST |
Jpattern and Warwick- Nice to know you're here. Note that Putin is not going to invade Turkey for shooting down his plane. |
 Legion 4 | 25 Nov 2015 9:49 a.m. PST |
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 25 Nov 2015 11:18 a.m. PST |
They've done similar things before: link Even killed a US Congressman: link
Doesn't matter who's in charge: We are not going to get in a fight with the Russkiye. Because that would be stupid.
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| Warwick13 | 25 Nov 2015 1:58 p.m. PST |
What the heck happened to this thread?! I'm impressed. |
| Mako11 | 25 Nov 2015 2:47 p.m. PST |
Wow, unrestricted use of neutron weaponry has been unleashed on TMP…… More on the evening news at 6:00 PM. |
| Random Die Roll | 25 Nov 2015 3:27 p.m. PST |
To be clear, to target and shoot down a US military plane would clearly be no mistake. There are limited numbers of planes in the airspace, and this would clearly be a deliberate act. That said…the response would be immediate and very restricted. If a missile battery was used, it would be targeted with an airstrike. If this were air to air combat, F-15's would be scrambled to remove the "hostile" from the airspace. That is when the diplomats would step in and try to explain what happened, what mistakes were made, and if rebel forces were to blame. |
| Jcfrog | 26 Nov 2015 3:13 p.m. PST |
Can't even remember what was deleted here. Unless I walk asleep not by me. What would happen if the turks kill a Us or other non ( villain) Russian plane?
Nothing… My guess. Accident. |
| Howler | 27 Nov 2015 8:58 p.m. PST |
Absolutely no response is what would happen |
| Legion 4 | 28 Nov 2015 9:31 a.m. PST |
Yes, the US may apologize to Russia at this point … |
| Gennorm | 28 Nov 2015 12:52 p.m. PST |
….and pay for the missile. |
| cwlinsj | 30 Nov 2015 11:21 a.m. PST |
The USA has never made any immediate and aggressive response to hostile actions. If the Russians "accidentally" shot down a US military aircraft, there would probably be an initial stand-down of US forces in the theatre followed by the announcement of emergency meetings with NATO, Arab allies, followed by the creation of a Blue Ribbon bipartisan Congressional Investigatory committee which would meet over several months to get to the bottom of this incident before releasing a classified report. |
| Elenderil | 04 Dec 2015 10:38 a.m. PST |
Remind me again what country is Armageddon thought to have been in? |
| cwlinsj | 04 Dec 2015 10:11 p.m. PST |
Well, Armageddon hasn't happpened yet. And, it will be at Megiddo, which is in Isreal. |
| Mithmee | 07 Jan 2016 6:50 p.m. PST |
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