September 23, 2014

Israel shoots down Syrian Aircraft with Patriot air-defense missile


Here is what BBC news presenter has to say about this.






The image, published by the Syrian Revolution Coordinators Union, appears to show two people in the sky near Kanaker, a Syrian town near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.


The Israeli military said Tuesday morning that it had shot down a Syrian aircraft that “infiltrated into Israeli airspace,” and that a Patriot air-defense missile had been used to intercept “the aircraft in mid-flight.”
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said the aircraft was a Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jet, with at “at least one or two pilots or navigators aboard.” He said the plane came into Israeli airspace at about 9:15 a.m. but was not sure how long it was there for, or how deep it penetrated.

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