Britain said its Typhoon fighter jets intercepted two Russian maritime patrol bomber aircraft in international airspace north of Scotland on Monday, within NATO's northern air policing area.
Ya this is one of those, it’s routine and a big damn deal at the same time. Russia technically did nothing wrong. But at the same time they aren’t exactly being good neighbors
I understand that Russia does these ‘border buzz’ exercises to test response times/capabilities and to irritate their enemies.
Ya this is one of those, it’s routine and a big damn deal at the same time. Russia technically did nothing wrong. But at the same time they aren’t exactly being good neighbors
The UK isn’t exactly a Russian neighbor.
Yes I believe there are some Scandinavian countries in quite a lot of water between the two.
Although I haven’t actually checked lately perhaps they moved things around.
Glancing at Google Maps, a great circle route from Murmansk probably lets you skirt most national airspace.