Russian Su-35 Fighter Makes ‘Irresponsible’ Intercept of Navy P-8A Over Mediterranean  

A Su-35 Flanker tactical fighter. Sukhoi Photo

A Navy surveillance aircraft was intercepted by a Russian fighter over the Mediterranean Sea “determined to be unsafe,” according to a late Tuesday statement from U.S. 6th Fleet.

A Navy P-8A Poseidon was operating in international airspace over the Mediterranean when it was intercepted by a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 three times. While the first and third interactions were determined to be in line with international rules, the second was called out by 6th...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/04/russian-su-35-fighter-makes-irresponsible-intercept-of-navy-p-8a-over-mediterranean

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