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NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept five Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea without flight plans or active transponders, the Latvian Air Force confirmed on Saturday.

The Russian planes were identified on two separate occasions, on Friday and Saturday, prompting a rapid response from NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission.

According to the Latvian Air Force, the Russian jets were detected flying in international airspace near the Baltic states, but had not activated their transponders, an electronic system that helps maintain safe air traffic control.

"Russian jets regularly enter the airspace above the Baltics with transponders switched off, likely to test the response of NATO states," The Kyiv Independent reported, citing past instances of similar activities by Russian aircraft.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

I wonder what would happen if accidentally one of them got shot down.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (10 children)

There’s generally a procedure for that:

  1. Common frequency warning (ie. Guard frequency, 122.75)
  2. Close flyby to make the airplane change direction
  3. Shoot

If you skip the first two steps, you messed up and should be disciplined.

Ideally, the country that made the mistake should reach out to the other country to prevent escalation.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sure you're correct, but isn't it, or shouldn't it, also be:

Do not try to fly in the airspace you are not supposed to fly in?

I mean the Russians and before them the Soviets have done that deliberately since forever.

[–] valaramech@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If the planes had entered sovereign airspace, sure. They synopsis says the Russians were flying in international airspace, which usually means it's not under the sovereign control of any nation and the Latvians would have had no basis to fire on the Russians.

Personally, I'd love to see the Russians try to stunt their way into someone's airspace and get dick slapped for it, but I doubt that would happen.

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