RAF given green light to shoot down hostile Russian jets in Syria

[super jumbe]

As relations between the West and Russia steadily deteriorate, Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots have been given the go-ahead to shoot down Russian military jets when flying missions over Syria and Iraq, if they are endangered by them. The development comes with warnings that the UK and Russia are now "one step closer" to being at war.

RAF Tornado pilots have been instructed to avoid contact with Russian aircraft while engaged in missions for Operation Shader ? the codename for the RAF's anti-Isis work in Iraq and Syria. But their aircraft have been armed with air-to-air missiles and the pilots have been given the green light to defend themselves if they are threatened by Russian pilots.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/raf-given-green-light-shoot-133352631.html#rvC5Qno

[super jumbe]

Hostile Russian jets, start of WW3, is there peaceful solution out there? it seems that no-one is backing out and cat and mouse play is getting out of control, I do not want to see this in my life time….

[GastonJ]

Are they expecting the hostile jets to have "Hostile" written on them in large friendly peril sensitive letters?