According to reports the Russians were in Turkish airspace for 17 seconds. As somone who use to push buttons and make things go boom, that is really a fast reaction even with ten warnings. Instant no restraints firing after the tenth and final warning is usually only for war time enemies.
And that said the Russians with ten warnings, at cruse speed had a good 4-7 minutes to change course (warnings start at 10 minutes out and are repeated every minute). At the look of the geography of that part of Turkey, the jets would have need 3 minutes to adjust course.
As for all this both sides had more then enough room to avoid this drama. Feels like they want this fight, which sucks for us. All Turkey has to do is invoke their NATO privilege and we are off to the races. Hotheads with intertwined alliances is where World Wars come from kids.
And that said the Russians with ten warnings, at cruse speed had a good 4-7 minutes to change course (warnings start at 10 minutes out and are repeated every minute). At the look of the geography of that part of Turkey, the jets would have need 3 minutes to adjust course.
As for all this both sides had more then enough room to avoid this drama. Feels like they want this fight, which sucks for us. All Turkey has to do is invoke their NATO privilege and we are off to the races. Hotheads with intertwined alliances is where World Wars come from kids.
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