Will Nato Beat Russian Airplanes

The North Atlantic Alliance will decide on the use of force against Russian aircraft or drones that violate NATO airspace, based on intelligence on the level of threat they may be in real time.

Source: NATO Secretary General Rutte at the Alliance Headquarters in Brussels on September 23, answering journalists’ questions, quotes “European Truth”

Direct Language: “Decisions on the use of force against aircraft, including their defeat, are made in real time and are always based on the existing intelligence on the level of threat from the aircraft, including issues such as intentions, weapons and potential risk to the forces of the Alliance, civilian or infrastructure.”

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Details: Rutte added that the United NATO Armed Forces in Europe, headed by the Commander -in -Chief Alex Grinkevich, “have general prerogatives, responsibility and all necessary opportunities for decision making.”

“In the case of the last airspace in Estonia we discussed today, NATO forces have promptly intercepted and accompanied the planes without escalation, since no direct threat was established,” NATO Secretary General.

Prehistory:

• On September 23, the North Atlantic Council gathered at the request of Estonia in accordance with Article 4 of the Washington Treaty to discuss a dangerous violation of the country on September 19 by Russia.
• It is known that on September 19, Russian fighter jets violated the air space of Estonia over the Gulf and remained there for 12 minutes. NATO reported that they had intercepted aircraft.
• During the meeting of the UN Security Council, convened through an incident in Estonia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom Yvetan Cooper stated that NATO was ready to respond to violations of its airspace by Russian military aircraft.
• And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga called on NATO for more decisive action in response to the violation of his airspace of Russia, up to the “neutralization” of hostile goals.
• Before that, Czech President Petr Pavel expressed his conviction that NATO should respond to a military manner to Russian violation.