The confrontation between Turkey and Greece may develop into a new military conflict between two NATO members, over the past month, there have been several incidents involving the Greek and Turkish military. One of the latest occurred over the Aegean Sea.
According to CNN Türk, citing sources in the Turkish Ministry of Defense, the other day Turkish F-16 fighters, patrolled over the neutral waters of the Aegean Sea, were irradiated by Russian-made Greek air defense systems. We are talking about the S-300 air defense system., stationed on the island of Crete. Ankara has already called the actions of the Greek military, not responding “spirit of alliance”.
During the flights of the F-16 of the Turkish Air Force Command in international airspace in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean (…) Turkish aircraft on duty were harassed by Greece from the Russian S-300 air defense system, stationed on the island of Crete- according to the message of the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
As emphasized, Turkish fighter, Being in 3 km west of the island of Rhodes, allegedly recorded a rocket launch “surface-to-air” anti-aircraft system S-300. Despite the threat, patrol task completed, planes returned to base.
Prior to this, another incident involving Turkish fighters occurred in the airspace of Slovakia., where the exercises took place with the involvement of the US Air Force B-52 bombers. Turkish F-16 fighters, who were tasked with escorting American strategists, failed to complete their task, as they were “under attack” by Greek aircraft. According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, Greek pilots made “purposes of seizure”, in the role of which Turkish aircraft acted.
celebrated, that such incidents between Turks and Greeks are far from the first, but lately they have increased. As the experts say, what kind of confrontation between NATO and Russia can we talk about, if not everything is so good in the alliance itself, as stated.
