Turkey Takes Action Against Russia’s Syrian Air War
Shootdown of Su-24 prompts immediate Russian reaction to defend its warplanes, after a month of intensive airstrikes on the divided country.
The Russian defense ministry released this map showing the routes in red of the Su-24 that was shot down (inset), and the intercepting Turkish F-16 in blue. But Turkey released a map of radar traces that suggested the Russian aircraft did not avoid the salient of Turkish territory that protrudes into Syria. [Map: Russian defense ministry]
The Russian defense ministry released this map showing the routes in red of the Su-24 that was shot down (inset), and the intercepting Turkish F-16 in blue. But Turkey released a map of radar traces that suggested the Russian aircraft did not avoid the salient of Turkish territory that protrudes into Syria. [Map: Russian defense ministry]