Turkey shoots down Russian SU-24 violating Turkish airspace

Turkey is reported to have shot down a Russian SU-24 aircraft allegedly violating its air space. The shooting has been done by an F-16 of the Turkish army near the Syrian border.

Sources close to president confirm nationality of flaming Su-24 fighter seen spiralling into the ground in Syria.

The Turkish army claims that the jet violated Turkish airspace and ignored warnings. The two pilots ejected from plane, which went down on the Syrian side.

Watch the video of the shot Russian aircraft falling down in a ball of fire:

However, Russia's Ministry of Defence claims the jet was in Syrian airspace, and was shot down from the ground.

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Has Turkey shot down a Russian war plane that violated its airspace?

Unconfirmed reports claim that a Turkey has shot down a Russian warplane that violated its airspace.

The reports quotes eyewitnesses who saw an explosion in Huraytan, northern Syria, not far from the Turkish border, while three fighter planes were seen overhead. It may be added that in view of Russian violations of Turkish airspace, NATO had previously warned of the 'extreme danger' of such incursions.

Rumours of a jet being shot out of the sky come amid heightening tensions between Russian president Vladimir Putin and the West. The downed plane may be a MiG-29 of the Russian Air Force.

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Russian nuclear-capable Black Jacks skirting British coastline force Britain to scramble Typhoons

The Britain's air defences were alerted yet again as two Russian nuclear-capable Russian supersonic bombers skirting British coastline forced it to scramble Typhoons.

Although no threat to Britain, nor Russia trying to intimidate anyone but the presence of such aircraft cannot go unnoticed. The Black Jacks are capable of carrying 16 short-range nuclear missiles

RAF pilots visually identified the Tupolev Tu-160 'Black Jack' bombers and escorted the two flying off the coast of Northumbria away from the UK area of interest.

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Japan scrambles fighters in response to foreign aircraft

While it has become a routine for the Russian aircraft touching the British airspace, Japan is also facing a serious dilemma of foreign aircraft.

In fact recently, Japan is scrambling fighters at near-unprecedented levels in response Russian and Chinese aircraft approaching its airspace - but none has so far violated the Japanese airspace.

As per an estimate, Japanese fighters have been scrambled 943 times in fiscal year 2014, a 16% increase on 2013.

It may be added that both China and Russia have ongoing territorial disputes with Japan.

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Iran Complains to UN over of U.S. Drone Incursion

[ Tehran Times ] 9 Dec

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has called on the UN to condemn the recent violation of Iranian airspace by a U.S. spy drone RQ-170, that intruded some 250 kilometers inside Iranian territory up to the northern region of the city of Tabas, where it was eventually shot down.

Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Khazaii made the plea in a letter sent Thursday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, and Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s UN ambassador who holds the rotating Security Council presidency for December.

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