MForeign Defense: A Russian Su-27 fighter escorted a German P-3C Orion over the Baltic, a Russian fighter identified and escorted a German reconnaissance aircraft approaching the border in the Baltic Sea
Su-27 multi-purpose fighter
The Russian Su-27 fighter was raised to escort the German P-3C “Orion” over the Baltic Sea. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense in the telegram channel.
“The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as a P-3C basic patrol aircraft of the German Navy and escorted it over the Baltic Sea,” the report says.
After the U-turn of a foreign military aircraft, the Russian fighter, not allowing violation of the state border, returned to the home airfield.
The flight of the Su-27 was carried out in accordance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters, the ministry stressed.
In early January, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Air Defense forces in 2022 discovered and escorted more than 2 million air objects, of which 2 thousand were reconnaissance aircraft. Also, during the past year, the forces on duty were alerted No. 1 more than 4 thousand times.
On January 13, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu announced that the alliance would transfer aircraft with the AWACS airborne warning and control system to the Romanian capital Bucharest in order to “monitor Russia’s military activity” and support NATO’s enhanced presence in the region.
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According to her, reconnaissance planes will begin flying in the coming days and only over the territory of the alliance countries, their mission is designed for several weeks. The Alliance has been using AWACS since February last year to patrol Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea.
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