#Video A Russian #Su27 fighter of the air defence on-duty forces made a sortie for interception of a #US Air Force's #RC135 reconnaissance aircraft over the neutral waters of the #BalticSea https://t.co/fbo8lz0kW9 @RusEmbUSA @mfa_russia #Interception pic.twitter.com/Wx8lNaXiYp— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) March 7, 2019
Sputnik: WATCH Russian Su-27 Intercept US Spy Plane Over the Baltic Sea
The video was released after the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that a Su-27 fighter jet on air defence duty had been scrambled “to identify the origin of the target and intercept it”.
The Russian Defence Ministry has published a short video of a Su-27 fighter intercepting an American RC-135 spy plane over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea near the Russian border.
The footage, which was captured from the Su-27’s cockpit, shows the super-manoeuvrable Russian warplane safely approaching from behind and chasing the US reconnaissance plane. The exact time of the interception was not revealed.
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