Poland scrambles jets to intercept Russian spy plane in Baltic Sea 'provocation'

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dittybopper_05H@reddit

This. Nothing more, nothing less.

It's a game that has been played for a long, long time now, and will be played long into the future.

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dittybopper_05H@reddit

Meh.

This is a game that is played by all sides, and has been for a long, long time.

Looks like an IL-20M "Coot" SIGINT aircraft. The pod underneath and the hint of cheek antennas up in the forward fuselage, along with the pattern of windows, kind of nail it down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-20M

As for what this means, it essentially means nothing. It was over international waters, where every nation has the right to fly. Every nation with the capacity to do airborne SIGINT of potential opponents does it, and every nation that can intercept and "escort" such aircraft does so.

Very rarely is there an incident anymore where something bad happens, and even back when bad things did happen, it wasn't something that started a war:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_shootdowns#Cold_War_(1945%E2%80%931991)

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Disclaimer: Fuck Russia.

I don't know how often this happens, but it's hard to see something over international waters being labeled aggression.

He said the aircraft was flying with its transponders switched off.

Is there a military out there that doesn't do this when it suits them?

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Far_Out_6and_2@reddit

Transformers off = military intent basically

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joaoricrd2@reddit

Morons in disguise

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bikumz@reddit

Imagine you are at your house. Cars drive by everyday in the street, it’s the street after all. Now imagine someone who has fought your neighbor, and has sent vague threats towards the neighborhood in general, is now driving by your house in the public street with its headlights off. They specifically slow down by your house. Are you not going to feel threatened?

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Last I knew, driving at night with your headlights off was illegal. Is having a military transponder off in international airspace illegal?

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bikumz@reddit

No, it’s not illegal. Can you show me in international law where it says you must drive with headlights?

Do you have a source for this claim that every country with an intelligence agency is doing this?

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

This is an intel page after all, sources would be nice.

Sorry, I can't take you seriously after saying this:

Can you show me in international law where it says you must drive with headlights?

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bikumz@reddit

You are bringing up international law as the law what you mentioned, can you please provide the international law where headlights are illegal? You said it was illegal, despite being legal all over the world in different places. So guessing it has to be international law I don’t know about, please provide.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

🎶 Would you like to build a straw man? 🎶

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bikumz@reddit

This isn’t a “straw man”. I’m genuinely asking. You said it’s illegal, it’s not in many countries, so please provide the international law where it’s illegal.

Or how about a source for your statement? That shouldn’t be too hard right?

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