{"id":2137,"date":"2023-03-21T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:17:38","slug":"russia-claims-to-have-intercepted-two-u-s-bombers-over-baltic-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"Russia Claims To Have Intercepted Two U.S. Bombers Over Baltic Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia said one of its fighter jets intercepted two U.S. B-52 bombers over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a potential provocation that comes just days after Russian planes forced a U.S. drone into the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Russian Su-35 was scrambled toward the U.S. planes, which were headed toward Russia, but returned to its base when the B-52s turned away, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The statement was accompanied by footage said to be shot from the Russian plane\u2019s cockpit that appeared to show one of the two American jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn March 20, radar facilities of the air defense forces of the Western military district on duty over the Baltic Sea detected two air targets flying in the direction of the Russian Federation\u2019s state border,\u201d the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. \u201cNo violation of the state border of the Russian Federation was permitted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. did not immediately comment on the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident came as Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. It also followed two Russian nuclear bombers flying over the Sea of Japan for several hours just as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was visiting Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, A $32 million U.S. MQ-9 Reaper spy drone was\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russian-fighter-jet-collides-with-u-s-military-reaper-drone-over-black-sea\" target=\"_blank\">harassed<\/a>\u00a0by Russian pilots, who dumped fuel on it before one of the Russian fighter jets collided with the surveillance drone\u2019s propeller \u2014 causing U.S. forces to bring the drone down in international waters. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu celebrated the pilots\u2019 actions on Friday, claiming they prevented the drone from flying into airspace claimed by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House called Russia\u2019s actions regarding the drone \u201creckless\u201d but said it has not determined if the Russian pilots intentionally downed the U.S. drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIncidents happen,\u201d said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. \u201cAnd clearly we do not seek armed conflict with Russia and I believe at this point we should investigate this incident and move on from there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomalerts.com\/2023\/03\/21\/russia-claims-to-have-intercepted-two-u-s-bombers-over-baltic-sea\/\">https:\/\/freedomalerts.com\/2023\/03\/21\/russia-claims-to-have-intercepted-two-u-s-bombers-over-baltic-sea\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia said one of its fighter jets intercepted two U.S. B-52 bombers over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a potential provocation that comes just days after Russian planes forced a U.S. drone into the Black Sea. A Russian Su-35 was scrambled toward the U.S. planes, which were headed toward Russia, but returned to its base when the B-52s turned away, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The statement was accompanied by footage said to be shot from the Russian plane\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nato","category-threat-to-america"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2138,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions\/2138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}