Russian Anti-Carrier Plane Reportedly Buzzes USS Ronald Reagan

Thursday, October 29, 2015
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
29.10.2015

The USS Ronald Reagan reportedly scrambled fighter jets to escort Russian naval surveillance aircraft flying through the area east of the Korean Peninsula.

The US Navy’s Seventh Fleet said on Thursday that the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier scrambled four fighter jets after two Russian Tu-142 anti-ship reconnaissance aircraft were spotted in the area, Stars and Stripes reported.

US Navy officials commented, alluding to the situation in the South China Sea, in which US ships passed through international waters, just as the Russian Tu-142 flew through international airspace at the time. US and Soviet surveillance aircraft often trailed each other’s aircraft carriers during the Cold War, in a bid to show the ineffectiveness of the other side’s ships.

“We are advocates of any country being able to operate within international norms,” the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet spokeswoman Lt. Lauren Cole said.

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