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Originally Posted by GabAlmighty
Very dependant upon the country. I mean look at that plane that the Russians shot down in the 80's? As a rule of thumb the military isn't going to shoot a plane down the moment it gets within its airspace without permission. If it enters the airspace they would most likely send up a couple fighters, who would then fly up alongside and try communicating with the jet (every pilot in the world must know their intercept orders, or have a copy with them). If they can't communicate then theoretically they would shoot it down.
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I know they wouldn't be likely to just shoot it down right away, but it was nighttime and the systems were most likely quite messed up. It could be pretty difficult to communicate with the passenger jet in that sort of situation, I'm not saying it definitely got shot down but I wouldn't rule out the possibility given the circumstances.