Russia claims a NATO jet buzzed defence minister’s plane

Russian claims a fighter warded off a NATO jet that approached a plane with the Russian defence minister aboard.

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10 comments

    1. they would loose if it came to that russias planes are way better in a dog fight then any other plane now.

  1. So where was the Russian defence minister’s plane at during the time when the F-18 was ward off. There was no mentioned of that.

    1. @WildandLiving Nah, international waters over the Baltic Sea. When Russian bombers fly over international waters, NATO jets from nearby nations scramble to “intercept” (they just fly along to make sure the plane doesn’t enter their national airspace). I don’t know why the NATO plane came so close to a Russian government plane. The SU’s response seemed fine by my.

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