US EditionMerilo: Shooting Down Russian Fighters Would Have Been a Strategic Mistake
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According to information from Estonia, on 19 September, three Russian fighter jets invaded Estonia's airspace. Although NATO had previously threatened to take drastic measures in such cases, the armed aircraft were not taken out of the sky. Estonia's army chief Andrus Merilo has now explained why that was right. Merilo's reaction was appropriate. "I claim that it would have been a strategic mistake to shoot them off this time. The consequences w…
The head of the Estonian armed forces defended the answer given to the Russian incursion into the airspace of his country, claiming that choosing to shoot down the planes, as some have suggested, would have been a strategic mistake. ...
Shooting down Russian fighters that violated Estonian airspace would have been a strategic mistake on this occasion, which many of our allies probably would not have understood, but if necessary, NATO will act decisively, said Lieutenant General Andrus Merilo, Commander of the Defence Forces, in "Esimes Studio".
Estonian Armed Forces Commander Andrus Merilo has defended his country's response to the September violation of its airspace by Russian aircraft, saying that shooting them down would have been a strategic mistake. The DPA agency reports. "I insist that it would have been a strategic mistake to shoot them down this time. The consequences for us would be much worse than the diplomatic success that we would have achieved by resolving the incident. …
NATO Gensek raised his voice during a discussion with the Prime Minister of Estonia about the reaction to the flight of Russian MIG-31.
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