But of course, to the second half of your first question, as I said before, decisions on whether to engage intruding aircraft, including potentially firing upon them, will always be assessed based on all the elements I just mentioned. And As no immediate threat was assessed here in this case, shooting down the mix was not necessary. And of course what we will always do is to make sure that we react in a proportionate way. But if necessary, you can be assured we will do what is necessary to defend our cities, our people, our infrastructure. (14:30–14:38)
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Asserts that no immediate threat was assessed in a specific case, so shooting down was unnecessary.
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