Belgian Physicists Calculate that Everyone Is Lying About the Downed Russian Jet
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This is not physics, it's basic fact checking. The land is 2km wide, of course the Turkish fighter didn't have time to notice the intrusion, establish radio contact, perform a sideway warning show then down the plane.
However, they may have warned 10 different Russian planes in5 minutes. The intrusion may have been a repeated act. The Russian may have been provoking the reaction. It seems like we won't know. Would the solution be to change the border to a straight line and connex area, instead of a Turkish valley inside a Syrian mountain?
I liked Obama's reaction when he said Russia was too busy killing the rebels instead of Daesh.
> The land is 2km wide, of course the Turkish fighter didn't have time to notice the intrusion,
They can see the planes on radar and warn them to stay away from Turkish airspace at any time. Even if they haven't crossed into "Turkish airspace" which is another truth which is far from simple. There's no "lying" going on. Countries can claim whatever territory they like as their own and tend to defend it as such (like the US does for US water vs international waters). The UN doesn't make the maps, they just have their own (country borders are constantly shifting), just as Belgium does, just as Israel does, etc. 17 seconds or 7 seconds, this article demonstrates the jets were violating Turkish airspace (not that I care about Turkey and Russia, it could be anywhere) according to a number of widely accepted maps. So what?