Swedish jets track 4 Russian planes over Baltic Sea
RT.com
March 24, 2015
Swedish military says its fighter jets detected four Russian planes in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday.
Two Russian Tu-22 supersonic bombers escorted by two Su-27 multirole fighters were spotted at around 5:30am local time, according to the Swedish Armed Forces.
The Russian planes had their transponders, which make it easier for aircraft to be located, switched off, it added.
“The threat level to Sweden has not increased, but the Swedish armed forces track, as always… the increased activity in our neighborhood,” Goran Martensson, Sweden’s Chief of Joint Operations, is cited by Reuters.
Deputy Chief of Operations, Anders Grenstad, told TT news agency that “it is the first time in years that we have seen precisely this type of aircraft over the Baltic Sea.”
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