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| US shoots down Turkish drone in Syria | |
| 2023-10-06 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Novosti] The United States shot down a Turkish drone in Syria after mistaking it for a threat, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a briefing. “The command regarded the approach of the drone as a threat. The F-16s shot it down,” he said. The official said there was nothing to indicate that the Turkish air force deliberately targeted American planes. As Ryder clarified, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed the emergency with his Turkish counterpart and confirmed the “commitment to close coordination.” In conclusion, the Pentagon representative recalled that Ankara is one of Washington’s leading NATO allies and emphasized that the incident was regrettable. CNN Türk later reported that the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) carried out an air operation in Syria using drones. It is noted that its goal was to destroy facilities and ammunition under the control of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned in the republic. Last Sunday, the head of the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ali Yerlikaya, announced an attempted terrorist attack near the ministry building in the center of Ankara; one militant blew himself up, and another was neutralized. According to A Haber TV channel, the PKK claimed responsibility for the incident. After these events, the Republic's Ministry of National Defense announced air strikes on terrorist targets in northern Iraq and the destruction of 20 facilities belonging to them.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 ^ SOTD: afternoon edition. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-06 16:55 |
| #6 Guess drones are easier than balloons. Snark O'The Day - Afternoon Edition |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-10-06 16:30 |
| #5 #4 The load out in that still picture makes that Viper look like Son of Thud. Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-06 10:06 M. Murcek, That's an air-to-air loadout, AIM-120s on the wingtips and AIM-9X on the pylons. A heavy loadout would put another -9X on each of the empty pylons seen there. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-10-06 10:19 |
| #4 The load out in that still picture makes that Viper look like Son of Thud. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-06 10:06 |
| #3 /\ The Perfumed Prince was right about a great many things. That's why he was Broadwelled. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-10-06 09:10 |
| #2 ...Hey, a kill's a kill. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-10-06 09:08 |
| #1 Turkish activity, ostensibly directed against the Kurdish PKK is an indirect warning to the USA. Be that as it may, it is recalled that in October 2019 former poobah and Gen. David Petraeus (with longstanding ties in Kurdistan) claimed the USA "betrayed its longstanding ally in its fight against ISIS, the Syrian Kurds by withdrawing US forces from the northern part of the country." Someone forgot to notify Petraeus about the CIA presence which continues to support the Kurds through its base at Irbil. It remains to be seen if the USA will provide the Kurds with anti-Drone arms and thus return a threat against a so-called NATO ally. |
| Posted by: Jerens Black9355 2023-10-06 08:57 |