April 17, 2016, 14:18 | NATO | Su-27 | Baltika | maneuvers | danger
The Russian Defense Ministry commented on the incident with its combat aircraft, which, according to the Pentagon’s approval, dangerous friends with their air-spy.
«Information to foreign media reports on the alleged dangerous approaching April 14 Russian Su-27 to the American samoletu- RC-135 reconnaissance in the skies over the Baltic sea, not correspond to reality, “- he said the spokesman, Major-General Igor Konashenkov
He explained that the April 14 duty air defense forces of the Baltic sea have found an unknown aerial target. which is a high speed heading for the Russian state border. “To identify the target from the rescue forces of the Baltic Fleet aircraft Su-27 has been raised, which circled over, identified the object as a reconnaissance plane RC-135U US Air Force” -. Konashenkov said
According to him, after visual contact with the Su-27, a reconnaissance plane had gone in the opposite direction from the Russian border side
«The entire flight of the Russian aircraft took place in strict compliance with international regulations on the use of airspace, no emergency situations were not”. – said the representative of the military establishment.
In turn, the head of the Duma’s International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov, accused the US of espionage in the Baltic region. “While the US razvedsamolet gently and aggressively spying on us over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Su-27 made a number of” dangerous activity “. In the US, outraged, “- wrote the deputy in the microblogging
Earlier, CNN referring to the representative of the European Command of the US Armed Forces Dani Hernandez, that a Russian Su-27″ unsafe and unprofessional “intercepted a reconnaissance aircraft the US Air Force. United States over the Baltic sea. The US intends to address a protest to the Kremlin.
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