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Originally Posted by Jason Weiser
A friend of mine (no, I will not say whom), has informed me that this has gotten worse.
1) Both aircrew ejected clean, then were captured and killed by Turkish backed Syrian rebels.
2) The Russian CSAR bird was fired on by a TOW. No word on if the chopper was hit or not.
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To be fair, none of this is particularly breaking news and / or classified. The BBC were reporting over three hours ago that rebels had killed both pilots after they ejected and I've just watched footage of the helicopter being hit by a missile on the 6pm news (Sky News specifically if anyone wants to watch it). The Russian Defence Ministry have confirmed that one person was killed in the helo strike.
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Originally Posted by Anna Elizabeth
Guys, I'm not intending dis-respect, but these things aren't all that new. I truly do *not* believe one downed Fighter-bomber is going to lead to a nuclear war.
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Agreed.