Fears Israel has shot-down Russian spy plane during raid on Syria

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[–]r721[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The US military believes that Syrian anti-aircraft artillery accidentally shot down a Russian maritime patrol aircraft Monday while the Syrian regime was attempting to shoot down a barrage of Israeli missiles targeting locations in Latakia, a US official tells CNN

https://twitter.com/rabrowne75/status/1041829666565308416

UPD1 CNN: Syrian regime accidentally shoots down Russian military plane

UPD2 The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that the Russian Air Force Il-20 surveillance aircraft which went missing over the Mediterranean Sea was downed by Syrian air defense system blaming Israel for “triggering a chain of events that led” to the incident.

The Times of Israel: In rare move, IDF admits Syria strike, expresses sorrow over Russian plane

[–]bablarb 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why are we ok with Israel bombing Syria?

[–]Magnolia 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Cool with me, fuck spy planes. Israel is a high functioning prison.

[–]Y3mp 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"Russia has stated that its radar detected missile launches coming from the French frigate Auvergne at the same time four Israeli F-16s attacked Syrian targets"

If Russia did in fact detect missile launches, What were the French targeting?

[–]r721[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It seems they dropped that part afterwards.

France says not involved in disappearance of Russian plane over Syria