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It’s Almost On? UK Just Intercepted 3 Russian Jets Headed to the Baltics
The British Defense ministry has announced that it intercepted three Russian jets en route to the Baltic States.
The fighters were unresponsive at the time.
The incident happened just as NATO is planning its biggest presence in the region since the Cold War and just a month after two Russian Su-24 aircraft reportedly made “aggressive maneuvers” near US Navy ships in the Baltic Sea.
At the time Josh Krause reported:
It’s not done with the intent of causing any real damage. It’s just a friendly reminder that they exist as a formidable foe, or it’s done to see if we’re still guarding our airspace. In times of peace it doesn’t garner much media attention, but when there are tensions between the US and Russia, you’ll find plenty of stories about these incidents.
The Baltics have been asking for a permanent NATO presence in the region, and now it looks as though this situation may just give justification for granting such a request.
Things are escalating quickly, though it remains to be seen if the Cold War will actually go hot.
(source)
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The Montreaux Convention stipulates that ocean vessels in the Baltic Sea must have a border to the Baltic Sea. Russia fits this criteria and the US does not.
The US by having a ship there is in violation of this treaty/convention. The United States has respected this treaty until recently.
It would be like China putting a ship in the great Lakes and we buzz the ship and China then says we now have justification for arming Canada with nuclear warheads pointed at the United States.