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2014-09-25 Europe

Russian air incursions rattle Baltic states

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-09-25 03:10|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Got a direct non-subscriber link? That one puts up and ad for subscription then dumps me on the front page.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-09-25 17:40|| 2014-09-25 17:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Google found this excerpt on an idiots site (PrisonPlanet/Infowars, Alex Jones, who has all the common sense God gave a potato)

The Baltic countries are registering a dramatic increase in Russian military provocations, rattling nerves in a region which fears it could be the next frontier after Ukraine in Moscow’s quest at asserting its regional power.
Nato fighters policing Baltic airspace were scrambled 68 times along Lithuania’s borders this year, by far the highest count in more than 10 years. Latvia registered 150 “close incidents”, cases where Russian aircraft were found approaching and observed for risky behaviour. Estonia said its sovereign airspace had been violated by Russian aircraft five times this year, nearing the total count of seven over the previous eight years.
Finland has had five violations of its airspace this year against an annual average of one to two in the previous decade, while Sweden last week suffered what Carl Bildt called the "most serious airspace incursion" in his eight years as foreign minister.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-09-25 17:46|| 2014-09-25 17:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Putin is having fun in the vacuum left by O and Co. He will keep on pushing, like the Chicoms do in south China sea, when there is no push back.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-09-25 19:02|| 2014-09-25 19:02|| Front Page Top

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