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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Everybody knows it. The Russian bomber was hit in Syria 1 kilometer away from the Turkish territory. The Turkish jet fighter was over the Turkish territory. Can you see an insignia from 1 kilometer? In fact, the distance was much larger according tho the Turkish sources:
As about the "identification transponder". It's turned on all the time, because otherwise the plane can be shot down with Russian-made IGLA, BUK or other systems, used in Syria. Also don't forget that they were using a radio (according to Turkish side but not confirmed by a survived Russian pilot).
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- the only detail that is "known" (probably debatable too) is where the aircraft crashed after it got hit by the missile, which could be many miles away from the actual location where it was shot down...(aircraft hit by a missile often don't just fall down like a rock, they continue to fly while losing altitude)
- we don't know if visual identification was attempted, for all we know it was... f-16 is much faster than su-24, so f-16 wouldn't have much trouble catching up to it for visual identification... (which obviously wasn't possible given absent insignia)
- there are kinda 2 types of transponders, one for your own military use, like you said which would prevent your own defenses from shooting it down... and another kinda "public" one, when you want to advertise that you are an ally not a foe... (not unlike how gps works, there is public gps, which can be easily turned off, and then there is military one that is encrypted and always on)