There is nothing new about military aircraft from one nation intercepting those of another, especially when one country’s planes approach another country’s territory. This went on constantly during the cold war as military aircraft from the U.S. and the Soviet Union intercepted each other.
So it comes as no surprise that with escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia, that we see this happening again, especially when spy planes are involved.
The latest incident involves a U.S. P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane that approached the Russian border on September 7th near the location of the Russian Caucasus-2016 drills that were in progress at the time.
That the U.S. spy plane was intercepted as it approached Russian territory is to be expected. But there were a couple of things that were unusual about this intercept.
Yep
any one assulting usa, should be seen as act of war.
LMAO
I hope that the next time that the Russians shoot them down
Not if act was a spy plane over their territory.
And you two morons know this how? I am a retired member of the U. S. Air Force with security clearances Obama and the Clintons couldn’t get. Our aircrews are the best trained in the world, and do their damnedest to abide by regulations. The reason this happened is because our so-called “Commander-in-Chief” has no nutsack. Our allies don’t trust us and our enemies don’t fear us. This c**p didn’t happen when Ronald Wilson Reagan was in the White House.