No violations of
Russia’s state border were allowed, the National Defense Control Center
stressed.
MOSCOW, July 17.
/TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s fighter jets shadowed a Norwegian Air Force P-3C
Orion reconnaissance plane over the Barents Sea, Russia’s National Defense
Control Center reported on Friday.
The Russian airspace
control capabilities detected a Norwegian Air Force P-3C Orion reconnaissance
plane on July 17, 2020, the Center said.
"The fighter
aircraft of the Northern Fleet’s Air Force and Air Defense Army carried out its
shadowing," it said.
No violations of
Russia’s state border were allowed, the National Defense Control Center stressed.
On July 14, the
Russian airspace control systems detected a Norwegian Air Force P-3C Orion
reconnaissance plane over the Barents Sea flying towards Russia’s state border.
The Northern Fleet’s fighter aircraft were also scrambled to identify and intercept
the target.
Source: ITAR-TASS
18-07-2020
