Russian bombers intercepted heading to NATO airspace
Russian bombers intercepted heading to NATO airspace
The RAF intercepted two Russian bombers flying north of Scotland this morning, the Government has said.
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I still think this is how WW3 will start. Russia is provoking to the point that someone will take the bait.
5 23 ReplyRussia probes NATO air defense all the time. They even had a jet shot down by Turkey in 2015 and nothing of consequence happened
19 1 ReplyAnd we probe their defense too. This is standard behavior. Reporting is as if it's unusual is just stirring up anti-russian sentiment.
10 0 ReplyThis could be a matter of there being a language barrier, but I haven’t seen stories of Russia complaining about probes from NATO.
2 3 ReplyGoogle search of Russia complaints of NATO actions near border.
I'm not going to link them individually. There are instances of Russia complaining about NATO action near its border.
4 0 ReplyI meant with aircraft. Not exactly the same thing comparing a ground action inside a state’s territory with a jet that can travel faster than the speed of sound, imo. I might add that Russian probing often leads to them entering into NATO airspace in a way that NATO drills have not, to my knowledge.
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and nothing of consequence happened
I think Russia stopped probing Turkey, no?
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Turkey did. There was no retaliation.
16 2 ReplyNah, this is a non-story and happens all the time. It's just here to rile people up who don't pay close attention to these sorts of articles.
9 0 ReplyDon't forget they flew those armed helicopters over Polish villages recently.
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