A Su-27 Russian fighter jet has chased off a US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace heading ever-so-close to the Russian border, as military tensions between Washington and Moscow grow.
Press TV: The intercept of the US military aircraft was conducted so close by the Russian warplane that they nearly collided with each other.The incident happened on Tuesday.
They were only 20 feet apart, according to the Pentagon.
Apparently, the incident has prompted diplomatic protest by the US with Pentagon Spokeswoman Eileen M. Lainaz calling the interception unsafe and unprofessional.
Russia replied swiftly to those comments. “As to the professional qualities of our pilots, this is something for the Russian military command to assess,” Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Maj.-General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.
Konashenkov added that “as to the professional qualities of our pilots, this is something for the Russian military command to assess.”
He slammed the intervention by the US military saying that US spy planes “are supposed to fly along US borders only and nowhere else”.
Press TV: The intercept of the US military aircraft was conducted so close by the Russian warplane that they nearly collided with each other.The incident happened on Tuesday. They were only 20 feet apart, according to the Pentagon.
Apparently, the incident has prompted diplomatic protest by the US with Pentagon Spokeswoman Eileen M. Lainaz calling the interception unsafe and unprofessional.
Russia replied swiftly to those comments. “As to the professional qualities of our pilots, this is something for the Russian military command to assess,” Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Maj.-General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.
Konashenkov added that “as to the professional qualities of our pilots, this is something for the Russian military command to assess.”
He slammed the intervention by the US military saying that US spy planes “are supposed to fly along US borders only and nowhere else”.



