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2014-05-22 Europe

Authorities probe Russian violations of Finnish airspace

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Posted by ryuge 2014-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 VMF is an abbreviation for Voenno-morskoj flot, the Russian Military Maritime Fleet, which has bases in Kaliningrad and in Kronstadt, near St Petersburg.

As Kaliningrad lies between Poland and Lithuania, the Gulf of Finland is the only air route between the two bases that does not cross NATO countries' airspace.

The earlier flight, around 4 pm, does not show up on the website.

Brief violations of Finnish airspace occur several times a year. The latest incidents take place against a backdrop of stepped-up NATO air surveillance of the Baltic States, just across the Gulf of the Finland. Estonia is just 60 km from Finlands Porkkala peninsula.

Good practice and shows the bosses that you ARE on heightened alert.

Posted by Squinty 2014-05-22 10:26|| 2014-05-22 10:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry about the double tap.

Fixed. :-)

Posted by Squinty 2014-05-22 10:37|| 2014-05-22 10:37|| Front Page Top

#3 We need to unmothball the SR71 and fly them up the baltic at low altitude and high mach - and fly "creek spectre" again to see just what radars they are using. Plut it rattles the window well, and rattles the nerves of the fat cats in St Petersburg when a multi-mach air contact pops up from off the deck in a nearly ballistic pattern.

Cold War fun and games.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-05-22 15:26|| 2014-05-22 15:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Couldn't we back the poles in reclaiming the port for the polish refugees there? Couldn' we ship in some refugees?

Posted by irishrageboy 2014-05-22 16:08|| 2014-05-22 16:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Couldn't we back the poles in reclaiming the port for the polish refugees there?

Not a bad idea - maybe they could retake central Connecticut.

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-22 16:51|| 2014-05-22 16:51|| Front Page Top

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