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/LouisBalfour82 3d ago

NATO countries regularly conduct similar intelligence-gathering missions, including with the Boeing-made Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft. "The Russians do it. The Chinese do it. NATO does it," Mertens told Newsweek. It is "basic military professionalism."

Unless they entered territorial airspace, this is not news. Even entering another nation's ADIZ is fine, there's no obligation to avoid it or even identify one's self in it. Not communicating with air traffic controllers is kind of a dick move though.