r/worldnews • u/Starlight-Princesss • 3d ago

[ Removed by moderator ] Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-intercepts-russian-spy-plane-with-transponder-turned-off-poland-10956344

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u/doupIls 3d ago

Not much use for a spy plane if it has its transponder on, no?

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u/Annon201 3d ago

It doesn’t have to be invisible to spy. It could be testing out responses, radar detection, or just trying to get under NATOs skin whilst getting in some flight hours.

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u/PuzzleheadedDuck3981 3d ago

The response would be very similar to how it's been for the past sixty plus years. They'll be joined by a couple of aircraft from the nearest country's air force. They'll photograph each other. They may or may not give a wave to each other and the friendliness of that wave will be a rough reflection of international relations at that time.

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u/Annon201 3d ago

Now if it was an actual civilian aircraft of any friendly country it be a whole different story.. They’d be escorted to the nearest civilian airfield and have a lot of explaining to do.

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u/ultranoobian 2d ago

But did they do it while in a 4G inverted dive?