Russia scrambles jet as France, Germany conduct NATO patrols

[Kennah]

Source: Reuters

Russia's defence ministry scrambled a fighter jet on Monday after it said it detected French and German patrol aircraft flying towards Russian airspace, the ministry said in a statement.

France and Germany said its planes - a French Atlantic 2 maritime patrol aircraft and a German P-3C Orion - were conducting regular flights as part of a NATO exercise and behaved in accordance with international law.

Russia said its Su-27 jet returned to base after the French and German ones turned away from Russia, the defence ministry said, adding that it had scrambled the jet to "prevent the Russian state border being violated."
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"As part of a NATO exercise, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet interacted with an Atlantic 2 maritime patrol aircraft off the Baltic States today. The approach was conducted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea and was professional and controlled," it said.

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[GregariousGroundhog]

1. NATO should do more patrols and/or training flights near Russia

NATO has more pilots and planes than Russia and NATO allocates more training time to each pilot than Russia does. Drawing intercepts from Russia would be a great way to attrit their air force.

[Marcuse]

3. That's what the PRC is doing to the ROC.

[DFW]

2. The Russians are now top experts in violating the borders of other states

Just ask the Ukrainiains.

[Aristus]

4. Be careful out there, Yuri. This is the only jet we have left."