"Once again, our quick reaction alert force, consisting of two Eurofighters, was tasked by Nato with investigating an unidentified aircraft without a flight plan or radio contact in international airspace. "It was a Russian IL-20M reconnaissance aircraft. "After visual identification, we handed over escort duties for the aircraft to our Swedish Nato partners and returned to Rostock-Laage.""
"If we need to confront planes that are operating in NATO airspace without permission, we will do so."
"At worst, they are a deliberate attempt to undermine the territorial integrity of sovereign nations and European security. "They risk miscalculation, they op"
German Eurofighter jets, tasked by NATO quick reaction alert, intercepted and visually identified a Russian IL-20M reconnaissance aircraft over international airspace above the Baltic Sea; the aircraft lacked a flight plan and radio contact. The German jets escorted the IL-20M until Swedish NATO partners assumed escort duties, and then returned to base. Recent incidents have included drone incursions over Poland and Romania and three MIG-31s entering Estonian airspace, raising tensions between Russia and NATO. Germany is preparing medical capacity for up to 1,000 wounded troops per day in the event of conflict, and officials warn that continued airspace violations increase the risk of miscalculation and direct confrontation.
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