NATO scrambled round 350 instances for Russian jets in 2020

NATO says that Russian navy exercise within the alliance’s airspace elevated barely this 12 months as its jets throughout Europe scrambled greater than 400 instances to escort or shadow unknown plane.In an announcement launched Monday, NATO stated nearly 90%, or about 350 of those missions, had been linked to flights by Russian navy plane.“This is a moderate increase from 2019,” NATO stated.“Russian military aircraft often do not transmit a transponder code indicating their position and altitude, do not file a flight plan, or do not communicate with air traffic controllers, posing a potential risk to civilian airliners.” NATO has two air operations facilities – one in Germany, masking northern Europe, and one in Spain masking the south – which collectively monitor all air actions throughout Europe.