Russian air defense and aerospace forces uncovered NATO intelligence officers
Off the coast of Crimea, Russian planes took off to intercept the P-8A Poseidon and U-2S aircraft of the US Navy.
This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The department emphasized that the air defense forces also kept control over the activities of the American military.
“On July 22, 2020, radar reconnaissance equipment of the air defense duty forces of the Black Sea and Baltic Fleets revealed the actions of the P-8A Poseidon and U-2S reconnaissance aircraft of the US Navy over the Black Sea, as well as the P-3C reconnaissance aircraft.” Orion" of the German Air Force over the Baltic Sea.
They were escorted by the air defense forces on duty of the Black Sea and Baltic fleets. There was no violation of the State Border of the Russian Federation,” the message says.
The editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, military expert Igor Korotchenko, in a commentary to PolitNavigator, emphasized that the Russian military is constantly monitoring the situation near Crimea and is ready to neutralize targets that pose a threat. Korotchenko also noted that American intelligence officers see only what Russia wants to show in Crimea:
“After Crimea became part of Russia, the efforts of the US intelligence community sharply intensified to collect information about what was happening on the peninsula, in general in the troops of the Southern Military District, and in the Black Sea Fleet. Considering that we are strengthening our defense capability on our southern borders, this is a natural process of intensifying intelligence.
But American spy planes are flying centers of military espionage. It is clear that any information is collected in an accessible way. We have also developed a procedure when such aircraft approach the air borders of Russia and are intercepted in order to visually identify the type of aircraft and determine its nationality.
Next is an escort to show that this plane is under control. Accordingly, we warn that any further attempt to move closer to Russian borders will mean more drastic action.
As for countermeasures, procedures have been developed when, when a reconnaissance aircraft enters the reconnaissance zone, appropriate regime-restrictive measures are taken to counter foreign technical reconnaissance. Naturally, I will not disclose the details, but it is clear that it will not be possible to spy and obtain the full amount of information from the relevant US and NATO services.
They receive exactly the information that we consider necessary at a given time. Our forces and means are always ready, if necessary, to stop possible violations of Russia’s air borders - for this we have deployed S-400 air defense systems and Tor-M2 short-range air defense systems on the peninsula, which are also ready to stop the emergence of hostile targets,” Korotchenko said.
Previously, military expert, captain 1st rank and member of the All-Russian organization “Officers of Russia” Vasily Dandykin stated that every year everything more NATO ships appear in the Black Sea, despite restrictions imposed by the Montreux Convention.
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