It is important to clarify, however, that this may not be a purely political stance, but a genuinely operational one. It again elucidates that the nation deviates from international norms of scrambling fighters to intercept airspace probes, and instead skips directly to unleashing the metal. Not only does this incident demonstrate that the country maintains sufficient surface-to-air capabilities to carry out such rapid reaction operations, but also serves as an example that Syria may not be so passive to naval or aviation encroachment on its territorial sea (12 nautical miles). 'Last year, the Syrian Air Defense Force shot down a Turkish RF-4E, which, according to the Syrian military, 'penetrated air space'.' The territorial sea has a total area of 3,866 km². Although not a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Syria does indeed abide by the Convention’s zonal regulations, claiming a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles, contiguous zone with security jurisdiction of 24 nautical miles (which includes the territorial sea) and a 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone. Syria’s Mediterranean coastline measures 183km along Latakia and Tartus provinces. Our services are intended for corporate subscribers and you warrant that the email address submitted is your corporate email address. By downloading this case study, you acknowledge that GlobalData may share your information with Naval Technology Buyers Guide and that your personal data will be used as described in their Privacy Policy Submit Visit our Privacy Policy for more information about our services, how GlobalData may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.

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