Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, July 14 (Reporter Zhang Xiao) The Russian National Defense Command Center issued a communiqué on the 14th that Russian fighter planes intercepted the reconnaissance planes of Norway and the United States in the Barents Sea and the Black Sea.
The communique said that the Russian army found air targets trying to approach the Russian border during the monitoring of the Barents Sea and the Black Sea. The Russian Northern Fleet and the air defense forces of the southern military region immediately dispatched fighter planes to identify and intercept the targets. The Russian army discovered the Norwegian Air Force P-3C "Orion" reconnaissance aircraft over the Barents Sea, the U.S. military P-8A "Poseidon" patrol aircraft, the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft and the MQ-9A "Death God". Man-machine.
The communique said that Russian fighters always observe the rules of international airspace use during the flight, and maintain a safe distance from the target until the other side is far from the Russian border.