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Russian bombers intercepted heading to NATO airspace (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Russia probes NATO air defense all the time. They even had a jet shot down by Turkey in 2015 and nothing of consequence happened

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

And we probe their defense too. This is standard behavior. Reporting is as if it's unusual is just stirring up anti-russian sentiment.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This could be a matter of there being a language barrier, but I haven’t seen stories of Russia complaining about probes from NATO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Google 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I 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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