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HereSince1628

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4. Yes, that's the way I interpreted it, too.

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 06:18 AM

Aug 2014

Surveillance of fleet operations is common at any time, but NATO/US has stated publically that it is providing increased support for eastern Baltic states as a consequence of Russian posture toward Ukraine. Surveillance is also basic to that.

Considering the increasing prickliness of current relationship with Russia I'm not surprised that the Russians upped the ante. Because these sorts of response require communication of command and control, back in the day these sorts of interactions were exploited as information generating.

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U.S. Official: Spy Plane Flees Russian Jet, Radar; Ends Up Over Sweden [View all] Purveyor Aug 2014 OP

It's unusual for a SPY plane to be tracked postulater Aug 2014 #1

It means the Russians "lit them up" with targeting radars. bemildred Aug 2014 #2

Yes, that's the way I interpreted it, too. HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #4

+1. All this dick-waving has consequences. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #5

Exactly newfie11 Aug 2014 #7

here... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #8

Precisely. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #12

Do we really need to play these dumb ass games? newfie11 Aug 2014 #3

Provoking a response generates interceptable communications traffic HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #6

Two wrongs don't make a right newfie11 Aug 2014 #9

You seem to be assuming surveillance is wrong. HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #11

However, spy planes often do more than satellites. Igel Aug 2014 #14

That's a Boeing 707! Old technology. longship Aug 2014 #10

Old as dirt. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #13