'The pilots of the Su behaved uncooperatively but not aggressively,' the German Airforce wrote on social media.
Sweden and Germany scrambled their fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft on Saturday, Berlin's air force has said.The German Airforce on Saturday revealed the latest aerial encounter between the allied forces and the Russian military, writing in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that two German Eurofighter planes detected two of Russia's Su-30 fighter jets flying over international waters.
NATO said the Su-30s did not file a flight plan in advance and had no radio contact with air traffic control. They were also allegedly violating international aviation rules by not using transponder signals.According to NATO, scrambles to intercept Russian aircraft approaching allied airspace over the Baltic Sea region went up 20 percent to 25 percent in the first quarter of 2024, Reuters reported.
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