Friday, October 16, 2015

It doesn't matter who owns the drone. It was a test of Turkey's resolve.

France had a problem with unidentifiable drones flying around it's nuclear facilities. In a short time there was an attack on an energy plant. I would think it could easily belong to a terrorist element. There is no reason for Russia to deny it.

I do not believe it was a mistake.
 
October 16, 2015
By TODAYSZAMAN.COM with REUTERS

Turkish fighter jets (click here) downed a drone whose nationality could not be determined near its border with Syria on Friday after it failed to leave Turkish air space after warnings, Turkish authorities said.

The aircraft, which Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioğlu later said was a drone, was warned three times before the Turkish planes fired at it, a statement released by the General Staff said.


The statement came after the General Staff announced that a high-level Russian military delegation had visited Turkey for talks on violation of Turkish air space by Russian aircraft on Oct. 3-4. The Russian delegation shared information to clarify the reasons behind the violations of the Turkish air space that took place on Oct. 3-4 and to prevent the repetition of such violations, according to an official statement on Thursday.

Private broadcaster CNN Türk said the drone was shot downby Turkish F-16s within Turkish borders and that it crashed near the southern province of Kilis....