aerospace defence forces of Russia for a week has fixed the borders of 35 foreign reconnaissance aircraft. This writes the newspaper “Red star”.
the Official organ of the defense Ministry said that interception of possible violations 19 times was alerted on-duty fighters from the air defense forces. “Violations of the airspace of the Russian Federation is not allowed”, — is spoken in the report of the military Department.
In January, the reconnaissance plane of the U.S. air force Beechcraft RC-12X Liberty scouted the border of the Kaliningrad region. The plane with tail number 93-0701 about 11:05 took off from šiauliai air base in Lithuania and went to the borders of the Russian region. The flight was at an altitude of over eight thousand meters with an average speed of about 450 kilometers per hour.
