The Turkish air force opened fire at unidentified drone
Planes from the Turkish air force opened fire on the unidentified drone that violated the airspace of the state. The result of the attack aircraft was shot down, said the General staff of Turkish armed forces, his statement was quoted by TASS.
"Currently in our airspace was spotted an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle. Despite sent 3 times of warning, the unit continued flight. Our border patrol planes began to shoot and hit him," - says the statement released by the Turkish military document.
The staff emphasize that the government powers will no longer tolerate violations of their air borders. In the Russian defense Ministry reported that all the Russian aircrafts in Syria returned to the base, and the drones are working according to the plan, as reported by the official representative of the defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov.
October 15, the Turkish authorities have reported about the dangerous behavior of domestic pilots. "Domestic military aircraft twice violated our airspace, the domestic 3 aircraft performed unsafe maneuvers in the vicinity of Turkish," said Deputy foreign Minister of Turkey Ali Kemal Aydin at a conference organized by the Russian international Affairs Council (RIAC) in Moscow. The view was also expressed that in the period from 3 to 10 October domestic military aircraft 13 times dangerously close to Turkish.