Originally Posted by
Boeingrestricted
It looks like a calculated attack ,simply because the 5 minute 10 x warning started 30 miles out. Simple as that.
I have no doubt it was.
The Turks are very disciplined. I suspect that the order to fire went all the way up the chain hence the wait till the second orbit.....
Calculated is good.
The bit that I suspect that nobody had considered is the captured/beaten to death bit.