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Su-27 intercepts & chases US spy plane away from Russia’s borders (VIDEO)
Published time: 7 Mar, 2019 02:04Edited time: 7 Mar, 2019 10:25
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Captured from the cockpit of the super-maneuverable Russian fighter aircraft, the video of the encounter shows the jet safely approaching from behind and aligning with a large aircraft, identified as an RC-135 reconnaissance plane. The exact time of the engagement was not revealed.
The number of foreign military jets snooping near Russian borders has grown drastically in the past years and the Air Force frequently scrambles jets to intercept and escort them away, often to the dire criticism of US and other NATO countries, who call Moscow's attitude ‘unprofessional’.
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Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercept US nuclear-capable B-52 bombers above Baltic & Black Seas – MoD
Published time: 17 Jun, 2019 19:07Edited time: 18 Jun, 2019 07:15
FILE PHOTO. A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber. © Reuters / US Air Force
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The US strategic bombers were intercepted twice on Monday, Russian Defense Ministry has said, without providing exact numbers of aircraft involved into the encounters.
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Su-27 intercepts & chases US spy plane away from Russia’s borders (VIDEO)“The crews of Russian Su-27 fighter jets … have intercepted US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers, that approached Russian state border from the Black and Baltic seas,” the military said.
The US planes did not violate the border itself and were safely escorted away, the military added, lauding actions of its pilots and adding that all the Russian flights have been conducted “in strict accordance with international rules.”
The strategic US aircraft – as well as spy planes – have been very active in the close vicinity of the Russian border over the past few years. The close encounters between aircraft of two nations are not rare as well, and the US planes regularly get escorted away from it by Russian aircraft.
While such activities have fortunately not yielded any major incidents, Moscow and Washington have repeatedly accused each other of hostile actions – while Russia insists such flights near its borders create unnecessary tensions, US military has repeatedly bemoaned the intercepts, accusing Russian pilots of being somehow “unprofessional.”
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