On Friday, November 12, Belgium raised two F-16 fighters into the air to intercept two Russian Tu-160 bombers. This is stated in the report of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, reports TASS.
“Tu-160 strategic bombers have entered the responsibility zone of the Netherlands, without submitting identification signals,” the Netherlands Military Office passes. In the same post, it is noted that the Belgian aircraft accompanied the bombers of the CCS of Russia “until the UK Air Force took over this role.”
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense marked the increase in the frequency of aviation flights of NATO countries over the Black Sea in Russian borders. The department reminded that the recent radio equipment of the zenith rocket troops of the air-space forces of Russia was accompanied by the aircraft intelligence aircraft and the US Air Force.