An incident in the Aegean

GREEK FIGHTER JET "LOCKS-ON" TO TURKISH FRIGATE WITH FIRE-CONTROL RADAR; Hostilities now thought "Imminent"

Hal Turner,

8  December, 2019

An extremely serious incident has taken place in the Aegean Sea between the armed forces of Greece and Turkey.

A Greek Mirage 2000 fighter jet activated his fire-control radar, which achieved radar lock upon a Turkish Frigate.  

The image below is from the Mirage 2000 fighter jet cockpit:

As the jet approaches, the frigate can barely be seen, but the fire control radar is actively hunting:

Seconds later, the radar LOCKED-ON to the Turkish vessel:

The radar was linked and feeding target data to an Exocet anti-ship missile.

Had the Greek pilot fired, the Turkish vessel would likely have been sunk.

Both Greece and Turkey are members of NATO.  They know the rules about such actions:

In modern rules of engagement, locking a fire control radar onto a target is an act of war.  The rules permit the use of lethal force by those upon whom radar has locked.

Thankfully, neither the Greek pilot nor the Turkish ship Captain fired.  This time.

But tensions are skyrocketing between Greece and Turkey after last wees announcement that Turkey had signed a deal with Libya for oil drilling rights in the Aegean Sea.  The problem is that the Libyans gave away ocean which wasn't theirs to give.  The deal directly intrudes upon the Greek territorial waters around the Greek island of Crete.

Greece has made clear if Turkey sends oil drilling ships into its territory, the Greek Navy will take action.

Turkey has made clear that it will have Turkish navy ships escorting their oil drilling ships and if the Greeks take naval action, so will the Turks.

The Turk oil drilling ships are scheduled to head to the area THIS COMING WEEK.

Word from intel chatter is that an outbreak of actual hostilities now appears "imminent" between Greece and Turkey.