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NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept five Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea without flight plans or active transponders, the Latvian Air Force confirmed on Saturday.

The Russian planes were identified on two separate occasions, on Friday and Saturday, prompting a rapid response from NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission.

According to the Latvian Air Force, the Russian jets were detected flying in international airspace near the Baltic states, but had not activated their transponders, an electronic system that helps maintain safe air traffic control.

"Russian jets regularly enter the airspace above the Baltics with transponders switched off, likely to test the response of NATO states," The Kyiv Independent reported, citing past instances of similar activities by Russian aircraft.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Interesting article. ~~But is that seriously the best AI-generated image they could find for this story?~~

Nevermind, I guess it probably is a real photo, just from a really weird perspective, so it's like like the plane below it is merging into the plane in the foreground.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I see where you're coming from on it being AI generated, but I think it's actually the wings and canards from a second plane perfectly behind the front one. If you look closely, you can see the nose as well.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, fair point.

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