Russia says it Su-27 jets twice scrambled to intercept U.S. bombers over Baltic Sea

[Zarvan]

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation reported on Saturday, that Russia’s Aerospace Force has twice scrambled the on-duty Su-27 fighter jets over the past 24 hours to intercept the U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers.

“Two US aircraft had been detected by the Russian airspace monitoring system at a considerable distance from the state border of the Russian Federation and then were taken to escort,” the statement says.

Russian Defence Ministry claimed that the Su-27 crews prevented the foreign strategic bombers from infringing country’s airspace.




Later Russian military officials released video showed U.S. strategic bomber incepted by Russian fighter jets in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

According to the Russian National Defense Control Center, the US Air Force’s strategic aircraft have already made seven sorties over the Baltic Sea since March 14.

According to a news release put out by U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, four U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft conducted flights from RAF Fairford, England, to airspace over the Baltic Sea for a 24-hour period on March 22, 2019, demonstrating U.S. ability to maintain sustained combat capacity for a prolonged duration.

“The purpose of the flights was to conduct theater familiarization for aircrew members and to demonstrate U.S. commitment to allies and partners through the global employment of our military forces. U.S. Strategic Command regularly tests and evaluates the readiness of strategic assets to ensure we are able to honor our security commitments,” said in USAF statement.


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[maximuswarrior]

Well done bear. Get the rednecks.

 

[crankthatskunk]

For all those members who are after me for raising valid questions on PAF failure to stop Indian jets' intrusion in Pakistani airspace on 26th.
This is how you deal with the intruders, before they reach your airspace.
I think there is 10 km buffer zone before the actual borders for the fighter jets.
Any fighter coming over that buffer zone or close to it should be considered as a intruder and should be dealt with immediately by PAF.

 

[untitled]

This is how you deal with the intruders, before they reach your airspace

The US bombers was intercepted over international waters. There is no sea near Kashmir where we can fly over and meet the intruding aircraft.

 

[crankthatskunk]

The bombers was intercepted over international waters. There is no sea near Kashmir where we can fly over and meet the intruding aircraft.

Oh dear, please read what I have written about buffer zone thank you.

 

[Imran Khan]

they are not brave as paksitan we shot it down

 

[untitled]

they are not brave as paksitan we shot it down

Why would you shoot down an aircraft when it has not violated your airspace?
The Americans were testing the Russians and Russians do the same with their when they send their to the American shored Bears. This not anything new

Oh dear, please read what I have written about buffer zone thank you.

The fiasco on 26th was caused by reasons other the PAF's ability to intercept Indian intruders

 

[Wa Muhammada]

What are the Americans planning?

 

[LeGenD]

they are not brave as paksitan we shot it down

Shooting down a USAF aircraft is not a wise decision, if the issue can be sorted out through dialogue/escorts.

 

[untitled]

What are the Americans planning?

Nothing much other than familiarising their bomber pilots with the routes they will be flying in case they have to drop actual nukes.

 

[crankthatskunk]

Why would you shoot down an aircraft when it has not violated your airspace?
The Americans were testing the Russians and Russians do the same with their when they send their to the American shored Bears. This not anything new


The fiasco on 26th was caused by reasons other the PAF's ability to intercept Indian intruders

Yes General, I keep hearing it over and over again. That's why in the other thread I wrote that whoever was responsible to stop PAF perform its duties should be answerable. We could have had 300+ martyrs on our hands, because whatever the result was, IAF jets in fact were allowed to bomb Pakistan.

 

[untitled]

Yes General, .....

General who?

whoever was responsible to stop PAF perform its duties should be answerable

You should also know that PAF had largely been missing from serious action since the Kargil conflict. They intercepting Indian aircraft and letting them go had become the norm during those days. They were put on a war footing briefly during the 2002 crisis but that was it

 

[Irfan Baloch]

For all those members who are after me for raising valid questions on PAF failure to stop Indian jets' intrusion in Pakistani airspace on 26th.
This is how you deal with the intruders, before they reach your airspace.
I think there is 10 km buffer zone before the actual borders for the fighter jets.
Any fighter coming over that buffer zone or close to it should be considered as a intruder and should be dealt with immediately by PAF.

no one can doubt you or criticize you for pointing out the obvious
if you recall the comments by the PAF chief .. he said.. breaching airspace is no big deal. it can be done easily.
PAF version is that their scrambling of Jets made the Indians to return back. note that same claim is also used by Indians about Pakistani breaches along the mutual borders.

what matters is that if the intruder is able to achieve his mission or not. in case of Indian intrusion it is disputed. their version vs ours and google satellite view etc .
if the mission was merely to breach space, dump bombs and escape back on the first notice of interception then Indians achieved that mission.

10 Km are covered in seconds buddy
that Buffer is a joke.
we are close by within few minutes (under 10) of flight from the airbases. so the alerts go all the time whenever am aeroplane takes off.
keeping in mind, resources, manpower and the size of the airspace to cover.
maybe increasing the number of aeroplanes and having round the clock CAPs all along from Kashmir to Sir Creek will prevent Indians from ever breaching our airspace you have criticised PAF for.

we just did it much better in broad day light and shot them down too.

 

[crankthatskunk]

no one can doubt you or criticize you for pointing out the obvious
if you recall the comments by the PAF chief .. he said.. breaching airspace is no big deal. it can be done easily.
PAF version is that their scrambling of Jets made the Indians to return back. note that same claim is also used by Indians about Pakistani breaches along the mutual borders.

what matters is that if the intruder is able to achieve his mission or not. in case of Indian intrusion it is disputed. their version vs ours and google satellite view etc .
if the mission was merely to breach space, dump bombs and escape back on the first notice of interception then Indians achieved that mission.

10 Km are covered in seconds buddy
that Buffer is a joke.
we are close by within few minutes (under 10) of flight from the airbases. so the alerts go all the time whenever am aeroplane takes off.
keeping in mind, resources, manpower and the size of the airspace to cover.
maybe increasing the number of aeroplanes and having round the clock CAPs all along from Kashmir to Sir Creek will prevent Indians from ever breaching our airspace you have criticised PAF for.

we just did it much better in broad day light and shot them down too.

I am fine with 10 km a joke. We have to analyse what went wrong with our own defenses if Indians are happy with intrusion of our PAF that's fine for them.
The point I am making is simple, they did fire their weapons while in Pakistani airspace. I am finding it hard to believe that they dumped their load.
a- PAF/PA official line intrusion was only 2/4 km of Pakistani airspace.
b- It means that IAF jets, took aim and fire their weapons at their targets which was over 60/70 km away. The story of the dump doesn't hold water.

We were just lucky that they didn't aim properly. I agree with the assessment that it may be because they were under pressure from our interceptors. Thank God loss of life is avoided on Pakistani side. But the fact remain, Indians successfully intruded and fired on their targets. We should have inquest why they were allowed to do, and why no action is taken to shot them down. I think what I am asking is realistic and should be done.

General who?

You should also know that PAF had largely been missing from serious action since the Kargil conflict. They intercepting Indian aircraft and letting them go had become the norm during those days. They were put on a war footing briefly during the 2002 crisis but that was it

You are "major General" aren't you!!
That doesn't absolve PAF from their responsibilities and duties to protect Pakistan.

 

[untitled]

You are "major General" aren't you!!

I do not even a hold the honorary title of Colonel

That doesn't absolve PAF from their responsibilities and duties to protect Pakistan

No, but had the Indians not dropped anything there would have been no response from the PAF. The Indians might not have even acknowledged the violation