A Near Miss Over Syria

The drones, which do not use stealth technology, are easily visible on radar. “Then it happened two more times”, said one official.

But there have only been two conversations with Russian defense officials, and it appears the U.S.is making adjustments in lieu of a formal agreement between the two countries. Russian Federation also invaded Turkey’s airspace twice over the weekend, according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

President’s decision about forward-looking presence will also take into account the relative strength or weakness of the Afghan security forces and the risks that U.S. military personnel are facing in Afghanistan, he said.

The Russian Defense Ministry has been open in providing the latest information on its anti-terrorist campaign in Syria to the media.

Pentagon officials conducted a videoconference with their Russian counterparts on October. 1 – a day after Russia began airstrikes – but a second round has not yet been scheduled.

“We are making sure we are going to have any inadvertent air incident”, a senior defense official told The Daily Beast.

The Pentagon has said the talks are limited to discussing procedures for avoiding mishaps and are not aimed at achieving broad coordination with the Russians on military goals.

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Ralph Jodice, former commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Allied Air Command Headquarters in Turkey, said normally, detailed coordination takes place between forces operating in the same zone and not doing so “can be very risky”.

“You know, this is somehow unprofessionally, this is somehow even offensive”, the deputy minister said.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said that the Russian airstrikes in Syria were being prepared for months, and that they can not be linked to the present time.

“They’ve been largely against opposition groups – groups that want a better future for Syria and don’t want to see the Assad regime stay in power”, he said.

Russian Federation claims those rebels are no different than ISIS.

Fox News reported that the Russians have not attempted to shoot down any of the drones but have instead flown intercept tracks, meaning they were close enough to the drones to make their presence known.

Despite that, the US maintains a “high level of situational awareness” about what else is in the skies over Syria. “We do that through a variety of means where we are knowing what is out there in our battle space in which we operate”.