- cross-posted to:
- europe@feddit.org
- cross-posted to:
- europe@feddit.org
Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane ignored requests to make contact, in latest of what are seen as provocative acts by Kremlin
Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN security council after Russian planes violated its airspace.
Germany’s air force said the Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane had switched off its transponders and ignored requests to make contact. The Eurofighters took off from the Rostock-Laage airbase to head off the aircraft as it flew in international airspace.
Tensions between Nato and Russia have been dramatically rising after a series of what European governments say are deliberate, provocative acts by the Kremlin. On Friday, three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace in the Gulf of Finland. Moscow denies this.
A lot of people here encouraging shooting down a plane flying in international airspace. I suspect a lot of you are of the same mindset where it’s OK to shoot random boats in the Caribbean and kill everyone on board.
Don’t follow the war hawks ffs.
I’m fine shooting down hostile fighter jets the second they cross into sovereign airspace, and not a moment sooner.
the Soviets used to fly fighters close to Western airspace to probe our defenses. we’d intercept, and if they crossed over we’d take them down. this is nothing new.