With Russo-Turkish relations still reeling from last week’s Turkish shoot down of a Russian bomber, the Israeli military has revealed they had an incident of a Russian plane straying across the border from Syria as well, but resolved it quickly through simple communication.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon noted that a Russian plane entered Israeli airspace by mistake and immediately turned around after it was notified by the Israelis. The two nations have set up a channel for direct communication to “prevent misunderstandings.”
Ya’alon appeared to be taking a shot at Turkey over the matter, noting “Russian planes don’t intend to attack us and therefore there is no need to automatically, even if there is some kind of mistake, shoot them down.” Turkey’s president has ruled out apologizing for destroying the Russian plane.
Israel could find itself an economic beneficiary of the Turkey incident, however, with Russia imposing economic sanctions on Turkey, and looking at both Israel and Iran as possible alternate sources for certain agricultural imports in the region.
but it puts and end to incursions with the S400.
It is interesting to speculate what a Russian plane was doing south of Damascus. I wasn't aware that there were any ISIS fighters there but there certainly are anti-Assad fighters.
I remember while back when Russia decided to sell S300 to Iran Netanyahu
Told Russia if sell those S300 to Iran you'll see mushroom clouds, now Iran got
The S300 and Russia installed S400 right next door and not a word from Netanyahu.