Acheron Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:40 am
Oguzhanoz wrote:1. AIM-9X Sidewinder. It is a short range IR based missile. It has %100 kill ratio so far.
2. I don't know how to add photo here but Turkish government released the radar map.There were 2 planes and 1 entered the Turkish airspace.
3. Turkey is lying about the plane or not.You are sure about Turkey was lying,so no need to answer.
But i can make a statement,hope it gives you another perspective about the situation.
It is indicated that Russian military has connected with Turkish military about the flight zones and peace threathy about the planes over syria.There is no agreement for Russia to use Turkish airspace(that's almost impossible because of NATO). But it is agreed that to contact with 1 radia frequency with russian planes and it is always used so far.
Su24 or whatever plane is understanable if only plane recognition signals are open.The plane may not be visible for eyes,but you can do it with signals.
There are mostly russian and syrian planes over there,that syria already shot down and f/4 of Turkish air forces.So the rules for us works like-Start warning the plane from 10km away from border.It is done.But appearently the communication line was closed.Maybe because of the technical disabilities su-24m wasn't even aware that they are entering the Turkish airspace.
4. The targets we hit is in irak and syria is on artillery range.But air forces has more than %90 hit rate and thats why we were using air force.I think goverment don't want to rise the tansion and gave it a break.We are still hitting but not that much for now.Turkey and Russia is unseperatable in this geography,but you know,things might be different in politics and on field.
Here is a question from me:
1) Is it true that Turkish Ministry of Defense refused to provide to Russia the data pertaining to the supposed warnings issued by Turkish side?
2) Can you please link that radar photo from a Turkish radar?
If it is the same picture as that released to the public just minutes after the incident, then it appears very different to data provided from Russian radar. Why do you think there is a difference?
3) What is the official version on the number of missiles fired? (at least AIM-9x seems consistent with trail analysis, Russian MoD statement, and the fact that the engine was hit, instead of a random hit on the fuselage if it the missile would have had a radar seeker)
Edit: FYI, please don't spread BS such as "AIM-9X sidewinder has a 100% kill rate", since no missile in the world has such capability. According to statistics, in total 452 Sidewinders were fired during the Vietnam War, resulting in a kill probability of 0.18.
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