**The frigate “Hamburg” is currently participating in the NATO exercise “Neptune Strike.” Defense Minister Pistorius recently reported an incident involving Russian aircraft in the Bundestag. Military officials are calling it a provocation.**
Has occurred in the Baltic Sea Another provocation between Russia and NATO . According to SPIEGEL, Russian reconnaissance aircraft flew over a German frigate twice. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) sharply criticized the maneuver.
, Pistorius reported On the sidelines of the budget debate in the Bundestag on an incident that had already occurred at the end of last week.
»The penetration of Russian drones and fighter jets deep into Polish and Estonian airspace
and the overflight of a German frigate in the Baltic Sea within a few days also make it clear that Russia is literally testing the boundaries of NATO states with increasing frequency and intensity,” the minister said.
According to SPIEGEL information, Russian reconnaissance aircraft flew over the German frigate “Hamburg” twice, which is currently participating in the NATO exercise “Neptune Strike” in the Baltic Sea. Bundeswehr sources reported that the Russian reconnaissance aircraft flew over the German frigate at low altitude on Friday and Saturday, less than 100 meters. The Russians did not respond to radio messages.
While military officials did not consider the two incidents dangerous, they did describe them as “unfriendly and provocative actions.” On Friday, Russian jets also flew over a Polish oil platform in the Baltic Sea. The “Hamburg” is currently between Estonia and Finland . The exact location of the two overflights is unknown.
In his speech to the Bundestag, Pistorius spoke of Russia’s increasingly aggressive stance. “Putin wants to provoke us, Putin wants to provoke the NATO member states, and he wants to identify, expose, and exploit perceived weaknesses in the NATO alliance,” he said.
Pistorius emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not achieve his goals: “The Alliance responded clearly and decisively to the Russian provocations, but at the same time with the necessary prudence, which is particularly important these days.”
WhitexMeteor on
that could’ve gone very wrong, very fast
RambosNachbar on
wonder what happens when their radar lock on warning goes on in the cockpit
Keroit on
I understand that responding would only mean giving Russians what they want, but they are making a mock of our army.
Maybe shooting down a couple of jets and pointing our cannons towards them would help them understand that NATO territory is nothing to be messing with.
stoic_Gorn on
Surely just point a ground to air missile at them for a few seconds
GoldenMirado on
They used a plane because Russia ran out of sea ready ships for provocations?
michel_yihaa on
Draw the line, shoot the motherfuckers out of the air. Just like turkey did. It immediatly stopped.
cyberdork on
Stuff like this was totally normal during the Cold War.
Like the West German Marineflieger would regularly buzz East German navy ships at very low altitudes.
AffectionateBus672 on
You cannot shoot them fown. As in nato you will have to file some permits, and have a meeting first, so whole NATO could decide if they can or cannot, shoot or not shoot, down or not down a plane or a bird.
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**The frigate “Hamburg” is currently participating in the NATO exercise “Neptune Strike.” Defense Minister Pistorius recently reported an incident involving Russian aircraft in the Bundestag. Military officials are calling it a provocation.**
Has occurred in the Baltic Sea Another provocation between Russia and NATO . According to SPIEGEL, Russian reconnaissance aircraft flew over a German frigate twice. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) sharply criticized the maneuver.
, Pistorius reported On the sidelines of the budget debate in the Bundestag on an incident that had already occurred at the end of last week.
»The penetration of Russian drones and fighter jets deep into Polish and Estonian airspace
and the overflight of a German frigate in the Baltic Sea within a few days also make it clear that Russia is literally testing the boundaries of NATO states with increasing frequency and intensity,” the minister said.
According to SPIEGEL information, Russian reconnaissance aircraft flew over the German frigate “Hamburg” twice, which is currently participating in the NATO exercise “Neptune Strike” in the Baltic Sea. Bundeswehr sources reported that the Russian reconnaissance aircraft flew over the German frigate at low altitude on Friday and Saturday, less than 100 meters. The Russians did not respond to radio messages.
While military officials did not consider the two incidents dangerous, they did describe them as “unfriendly and provocative actions.” On Friday, Russian jets also flew over a Polish oil platform in the Baltic Sea. The “Hamburg” is currently between Estonia and Finland . The exact location of the two overflights is unknown.
In his speech to the Bundestag, Pistorius spoke of Russia’s increasingly aggressive stance. “Putin wants to provoke us, Putin wants to provoke the NATO member states, and he wants to identify, expose, and exploit perceived weaknesses in the NATO alliance,” he said.
Pistorius emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not achieve his goals: “The Alliance responded clearly and decisively to the Russian provocations, but at the same time with the necessary prudence, which is particularly important these days.”
that could’ve gone very wrong, very fast
wonder what happens when their radar lock on warning goes on in the cockpit
I understand that responding would only mean giving Russians what they want, but they are making a mock of our army.
Maybe shooting down a couple of jets and pointing our cannons towards them would help them understand that NATO territory is nothing to be messing with.
Surely just point a ground to air missile at them for a few seconds
They used a plane because Russia ran out of sea ready ships for provocations?
Draw the line, shoot the motherfuckers out of the air. Just like turkey did. It immediatly stopped.
Stuff like this was totally normal during the Cold War.
Like the West German Marineflieger would regularly buzz East German navy ships at very low altitudes.
You cannot shoot them fown. As in nato you will have to file some permits, and have a meeting first, so whole NATO could decide if they can or cannot, shoot or not shoot, down or not down a plane or a bird.
Shoot them down.