As noted in the department, on September 1, Russian airspace control over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea detected an air target approaching the state border.
The MiG-31 was raised into the air from the air defense forces of the Northern Fleet on duty.
"The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as an aircraft of the Norwegian Air Force P-3C Orion base patrol aircraft," the TASS agency quotes.
On August 26, a MiG-31 fighter also intercepted a Norwegian Air Force aircraft near the Russian border over the Barents Sea.