Report: Turkish Warplanes Now Able To Fire At Israeli Targets

[Purveyor]

Ankara's Star Gazete says country's new F-16 radar system modified to recategorize Israeli targets as hostile. Order said to come directly from PM Erdogan's office; naval, submarine radar systems to be changed next.

Aviel Magnezi Published: 09.13.11, 11:46 / Israel News

Turkey has developed a new radar system for its US-made F-16 fighter jets that will allow them to fire at Israeli targets, Ankara's Star Gazete reported on Tuesday. The orders to modify the system reportedly came directly from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office.

The new radar system – Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) – is a defensive command and control system developed by Turkey's Military Electronics Industry (ASELSAN) for the nation's air force and navy. It is slated to replace a similar US version which is in use today.

The US system is comprised of lists of "friends" and "foes." The system's settings are designed to prevent pilot error as well, to an extent, disabling the ability to fire at "friendly" targets even by mistake. The US system identified Israel as a 'friend,' thus preventing Turkish fighter jets from firing at them automatically.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Dear Mr. Lieberman. You must be proud

you fascist jerk.

If you call on the Turkish Kurds to attack your strongest ally in which Islam plays a huge role, you should be prepared for the consequences.

[aquart]

3. Yeah, Lieberman has lots of influence on the Kurds.

How naive is it to imagine the Kurds need an American Jew to tell them how to feel about the charming Turks.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. DID you even read what he wrote and proposed?

He was trying to start attacks on Turkey. An ally! How crazy is that?

[aquart]

2. Which Israeli targets do they plan to take out?

Do they plan to add Israelis and Jews to their list of massacred peoples? Was it too short with just Armenians and Kurds?

Lovely people, the Turks. They are where the phrase "Turkish treatment" came from.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

4. I'm pretty sure that's be about the dumbest thing turkey would do though.

"Attacking Isreal" as a general strategy/idea ranks right up there with "Skydiving Without Parachutte" or "Voting For Palin"... :rofl:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. voting without a parachute is my favorite