Why Turkey Shot Down a Russian Fighter Jet
In 2012 a Syrian fighter jet shot down a Turkish F-4 Phantom killing the pilot in the process over the region as well.
On Tuesday morning a Russian Su-24 warplane was shot down by Turkish F-16s after violating Turkish airspace. According to the latest media reports one Russian pilot was killed and another has been captured by local rebel forces on the ground.
To discuss what this means for NATO, the U.S., and the on-going conflict in Syria we asked the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Fellow Luke Coffey.
Q: Turkey is in NATO, so does this mean that NATO is at war with Russia?
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