NATO chief: Russian military aircraft pose a growing … – Polish Radio

  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg assured in Estonia that NATO is the guarantor of the security of the Baltic states belonging to it in the face of the growing threat from Russia , foto: Raigo PAJULA / PAP / EPA.
 

– flights of Russian military aircraft through the airspace of the Baltic countries are an increasing threat; more than 100 times the NATO air force intercepted in the region alien machines – said Thursday in Estonia NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.

NATO protects the Baltic States

– It is great to be escorted by the Dutch fighters over Estonia – wrote on twitter, with the aircraft flying to Tallinn, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He added that the North Atlantic Alliance strzegącemu through the sky, the sky over the Baltic states is safe.

In the capital of Estonia Stoltenberg assured the people of this country, and Lithuania and Latvia, of the other members of NATO are together with them, to protect them in while the “national borders in Europe are changed by force.” In his view, such an assurance is particularly important for communities who have been raped and foreign occupation.

Stoltenberg also said that from the beginning of this year, NATO aircraft, serving as the rotating service in Baltic Air Policing operation , competed at the upcoming meeting of Russian machinery to the borders of the Baltic states over 100 times. That’s three times more than in the previous year. In contrast, throughout the NATO countries such interventions intercept Russian aircraft was 400, an increase of 50 percent compared with 2013.

Baltic Air Policing operation also involved the Polish Air Force.

Capture the plane lies in the fact that the machinery of NATO fly out to meet him and escort him as long as the distance to a safe distance.

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Stoltenberg began on Thursday from Estonia journey through the Baltic States, the purpose of which is to provide them with the support of NATO in the face of increasingly aggressive Russian actions in the international arena, including in particular its intervention in Ukraine.

The Russians threaten civil aircraft
NATO chief said that the flights of Russian machines are dangerous not only because they are approaching the airspace allied countries, but also because this is how to fly the aircraft. They do not communicate their flight plans nor establish radio contact with the civilian air traffic control, which is a potential threat to civil air transport.
Russian planes have transponders switched off during the flight. These are communication devices that allow the location and identification of equipment and systems used in air traffic management.

Methods of the Cold War
Stoltenberg said that NATO “must remain vigilant “- due to the increased activity of the armed forces of Russia in the Baltic Sea, Norwegian and Black.
this action” is a method that should remind us of the procedure (Moscow) in the years of the Cold War “- he added.
During a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Estonia Taavim Roivasem Stoltenberg said that “NATO is ready to react (for shares Russians), when you need it.”
In early November, the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe, US Gen. Philip Breedlove talked about the Russian military aircraft overflights through European airspace, which took place a few days earlier; took part in them increased their formations, using more “provocative” than usual routes.
NATO announces that it recently repeatedly undermines their planes to identify the “unknown or potentially hostile aircraft” approaching the airspace of European countries.

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NATO chief: Russian military aircraft pose a growing … – Polish Radio