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Were any of these 'probes' actual territorial threats? Cause if not what you're calling a paper tiger is just a cool head. An actual confrontation would probab
by cosmicgadget 12d ago
Were any of these 'probes' actual territorial threats? Cause if not what you're calling a paper tiger is just a cool head.
An actual confrontation would probably go like the battle of Khasham.
- troupo 12d agoAt the time when the jet violated Turkish airspace it wasn't a territorial threat either. Strangely enough no jet has violated Turkish airspace since (but a few drones have landed in Turkey during the war in Ukraine). Meanwhile Russian drones, cruise missiles (!) and planes violate NATO airspace almost daily it seems. And are being launched from within NATO arispace quite frequently (see Germany). And no, the drones are not the "Amazon delivery drones". E.g on September 8 Geran-4 flew 120 km unopposed through Romanian airspace, took a leisurly turn above a small town with population of ~20k people, and then flew back, eventually crashing in Moldova. No big deal.
- cosmicgadget 12d agoSo not a territorial threat. You just wish NATO were big and powerful like... Turkey.
- troupo 12d agoTurkey is in NATO. And had no issues downing a military Russian jet that entered its airspace for a few seconds. Meanwhile Russian military jets violate NATO airspace in the Baltics. Russian Geran drones leisurely cruise in NATO airspace. And nothing happens. Not even when a drone strikes a residential building. Oh, I guess "it's just Romania who cares". It's also in NATO.
- cosmicgadget 10d agoThe US is in NATO. Iran isn't being bombed by NATO.