This is really embarrassing. While the Democrats scream about Russia possibly hacking, the US is violating Russian soveriegnty by spying on them from a spy plane
Looks like it was an officially approved of flight.
I thought our spy sats relpaced these planes years ago.
“This is really embarrassing. While the Democrats scream about Russia possibly hacking, the US is violating Russian soveriegnty by spying on them from a spy plane”
Actually, it may be some of the SALT Treaty mandatory overflights that both countries do on one another to verify nuclear activities.
The flight was part of OPEN SKIES which is mandated by Treaty with Russia. Both sides overfly each other’s country to verify compliance.
When I had work with the government, my government contact would always notify they were going to be flying over. Been going on for years.
See post #11.
...Earlier, Russian Defense Ministry Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre officials announced that a US Boeing OC-135B aircraft would conduct an observation flight over Russian territory between July 25 and 30...
...The Treaty on Open Skies was signed in March 1992 and became one of the major confidence-building measures in Europe after the Cold War.
It entered into force on January 1, 2002; 34 states are currently party to the treaty, including Russia and most NATO members.
The treaty establishes an unarmed aerial surveillance program whereby signatory states may conduct flights over the entire territory of fellow participants...