• andresil@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Why is this news, from the article this looks to be a fairly “routine” event? Not that I support Russia, but I imagine NATO forces are also engaging in similar behaviour somewhere else?

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      1 year ago

      I understand that Russia does these ‘border buzz’ exercises to test response times/capabilities and to irritate their enemies.

      • SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net
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        1 year ago

        Ya this is one of those, it’s routine and a big damn deal at the same time. Russia technically did nothing wrong. But at the same time they aren’t exactly being good neighbors

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            1 year ago

            Yes I believe there are some Scandinavian countries in quite a lot of water between the two.

            Although I haven’t actually checked lately perhaps they moved things around.

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              1 year ago

              Glancing at Google Maps, a great circle route from Murmansk probably lets you skirt most national airspace.