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Another "Unsafe and Unprofessional" Intercept of a U.S. Aircraft by Russia

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the because-we-were-inverted dept.

takyon writes:

U.S. defense officials say that a Russian fighter jet flew as close as within 3 meters of a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft in international airspace:

The Pentagon says a Russian fighter plane flew within about 10ft (3m) of one of its reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Black Sea. US officials described the intercept by the SU-27 jet on Wednesday as "dangerous and unprofessional". Russia's defence ministry said the US plane had been approaching Russian territory and the SU-27 pilots had adhered to international rules. Russia is currently carrying out military exercises in the Black Sea.

Pentagon spokesman Capt Jeff Davis said the US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft had been conducting routine operations in international airspace when the Russian fighter made the unsafe manoeuvre. "These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions, and could result in a miscalculation or accident," he said. A US defence official quoted by AFP news agency said the Russian plane had flown within 30ft of the P-8A before closing to just 10ft.

Also at Reuters. You may remember this similar incident.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @05:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @05:55PM (#399286)

    In other words we're pretty aggressively positioned. Okay. We've been like that my entire adult life so I'd become acclimated to it. I hadn't thought about how they might see it. Something to think about.

    It doesn't sound like the soldiers are whining to me. It sounds like the politicians (the soldiers quoted sounded more political than technical) and press is trying to play it up. Calling it "unprofessional" to approach someone zipping towards your territory with their transponder off is probably a little much.

    Thank you for the reply.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday September 09 2016, @07:39AM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Friday September 09 2016, @07:39AM (#399522) Homepage
    Their transponders aren't off - they don't have transponders.
    http://news.postimees.ee/3826371/russian-warplanes-cannot-switch-on-transponders

    And as someone living in Estonia, this story isn't news, this happens all the time.
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