Russia intercepts 14 foreign planes near borders
Friday - June 23, 2017 4:38 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Russia intercepts 14 foreign planes near borders
Moscow June 23 (IANS) Russian jets have intercepted 14 foreign planes near its borders in the past week the Defence Ministry said in a report on Friday.
According to the report a total of 23 reconnaissance flights were carried out near the Russian borders last week by aircraft of seven countries reports Xinhua news agency.
Among them 10 flights were performed by the US s PC-135 jets and RQ-4B Global Hawk drones. Four were conducted by Norwegian P-3 Orions and three by Swedish Air Force s Gulfstream intelligence planes.
British Portuguese Japanese and French planes were also spotted.
It is reported that the number of incidents involving Russia and NATO military aircraft has increased since 2014.
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