Since Vladimir Putin seized Crimea and kicked off the international crisis over Ukraine, it’s been popular to measure how bad relations between Moscow and the West have gotten by tracking how many times Moscow has sent bombers, jets, ships, and even subs into or around opponents’ territory. By that metric, July was the worst month on record, as IHS Jane’s 360 reports:
NATO fighters intercepted record numbers of Russian combat aircraft over the Baltic region during air policing alerts in late July, the alliance announced.Fighters from Belgium, Italy, Norway, and the UK assigned to the Baltic Air Policing Mission were scrambled …read more
Source: The American Interest
