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minus-squareRecant@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-24 months agoWell it’s international airspace and nations can fly whatever they want inside international airspace regardless of the proximity to a nation. Russians do it to Canada and the United States often but it doesn’t make much fanfare because the parties involved handle it professionally https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russian-bombers-buzz-canadian-airspace-1.5447833 https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/russian-bombers-alaska-american-jets-7735230.html
Well it’s international airspace and nations can fly whatever they want inside international airspace regardless of the proximity to a nation.
Russians do it to Canada and the United States often but it doesn’t make much fanfare because the parties involved handle it professionally
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russian-bombers-buzz-canadian-airspace-1.5447833
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/russian-bombers-alaska-american-jets-7735230.html