Two US Air Force NATO B-1B Lancer strategic bombers were intercepted on approach to Russian airspace over the Baltic Sea by a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
According to the ministry, Russian air defenses detected two aerial targets over the waters of the Baltic, and a fighter was dispatched to identify them and prevent any violations of the national airspace.
The crew of the Su-27 identified the intruders as Lancers, which are long-range strategic bombers designed to carry nuclear-armed missiles and bombs. As the Russian fighter approached, the two American bombers changed course and headed away from the border.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that no airspace violation occurred, and the interception was entirely in line with safe conduct norms and international law pertaining to neutral waters.
Earlier this month, the USA sent several B-1 bombers and about 100 air service members from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in Dyess, Texas to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford base in Great Britain.
The deployment is part of the Bomber Task Force-Europe 24-1 mission, described as providing the USA and NATO with strategic options to assure Allies and partners, while also deterring potential adversary aggression throughout Europe and across the globe.
The B-1B is a supersonic strategic heavy bomber in service since the 1980s and designed to penetrate Soviet air defenses and deliver nuclear weapons. Of the 100 or so produced, about 45 remain in service with the US Air Force.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
Imagine Russian or Chinese nuclear bombers flying along the coast of the USA?
As well as the UK- quote from UK newspapers — “evil Putin sends bombers to the UK” — many aircraft sent out to shadow them even when in international airspace – front page headlines .
The hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Peaceful NATO showing its formula and agenda?
A lot of clown-folks around here calling for ‘shutting them down’, and claiming ‘weak Russian leadership’…Are you guys out of natural gas and looking to get a hot nuclear winter? I think that is not as cozy as the name suggests.
Should have shot them both down. Americans don’t want to see this. Zionist Jews control Uncle Sam.
NATO was established during the Cold War to defend Europe from the Soviet Union, and then there was also the Soviet “Warsaw Pact” another block of socialist eastern European countries to confront NATO. However when the Soviet Union ended, the Warsaw Pact group was also disbanded, with the US promise to Russia NATO would not expand towards the East of Europe. But what we have now is the US promises were broken and most of the Warsaw Pact countries are today part of NATO. The USA and EU oligarchs goal is to steal the natural resources existing in the vast… Read more »