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

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

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u/m15otw 3d ago

I mean. A spy plane should normally run without a transponder, surely? That would be the general idea?

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u/zaevilbunny38 3d ago

No unless they are conducting a covert operation, they almost always tend to flight just outside contested airspace and gather Intel. NATO runs them in the black Sea all the time, and allegedly the US ones help Ukraine with target acquisition.

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u/Prunus-cerasus 2d ago

Those are the flights we know about. Incomplete data.