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| Portugal Escorts Russian Boat from Its Waters |
| 2014-11-06 |
| [AnNahar] The Portuguese Navy escorted a Russian oceanographic ship out of its waters Wednesday in response to the latest in a series of territorial incursions by a Russian vessel or plane. Portugal identified the ship in the section of sea it has exclusive resource rights over and then guided the vessel back into international waters, Portugal's Defense Minister Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco told Portuguese press agency LUSA. The incident comes just a week after Portuguese fighter jets intercepted on two separate occasions Russian military planes in international airspace that was under Portugal's jurisdiction. Russia denied its planes had violated Portuguese airspace. Russian military jets have significantly increased their activity over Europe since the crisis in Ukraine erupted last year. NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... has intercepted Russian aircraft on more than 100 occasions so far this year, three times more than all of 2013, its new head Jens Stoltenberg said in October. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 a Russian oceanographic ship Is that what they call them now? Back in the day, it was just "fishing trawlers". With an unusual number of antennas. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-11-06 01:48 |