5.5 Kilometers.

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Within the context of the previous blog entry consider this:

"Russian, US jets drill together to avoid tie up over Syria — Kremlin"

"Russian army says jets reach minimal safe distance of 5.5 kilometers; Moscow and Jerusalem also in constant contact"

"Russia and the US have conducted drills jointly to prevent the possibility of their air forces clashing in Syrian airspace, a Russian official said Tuesday, according to Russian media."

"Russian and US jets practiced a close approach to a minimally safe distance of 5.5 kilometers, said Russian army officer Col. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov, according to the Sputnik news outlet."

“'Today at 11 a.m. Moscow time, Russian and US air forces carried out joint drills on actions by crews and land personnel in cases when aircraft fly in close proximity to each other,'”

. . . .

"Officials in Russia and the US, which is also carrying out airstrikes in Syria aimed at weakening the jihadists, had previously said coordination between them was not in the cards."

TWO MODERN WARPLANES CLOSING ON ONE ANOTHER AT NEAR SUPERSONIC SPEED THE HUMAN BRAIN OF A COMBAT JET PILOT CANNOT PROCESS THE INFORMATION FAST ENOUGH TO MAKE A RATIONAL AND CORRECT DECISION.

Daily Beast rest assured a possible clash between American and Russian warplanes has been mitigated!

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