In the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, NATO has substantially reinforced its air defence on its eastern flank including more fighter jets, surveillance flights and ground-based air defence. NATO air forces across Europe scrambled well over 300 times to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching alliance airspace in 2023, with most intercepts occurring over the Baltic Sea, the treaty organisation …
CNN — NATO scrambled fighter jets 10 times Monday to track and intercept an unusually “rare peak” of Russian bombers and fighters flying over the North Sea, Black Sea and Baltic Sea, according to a NATO official. “NATO aircraft intercepted six different groups of Russian military aircraft near alliance airspace in less than six hours,” the organization said in a …
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