By Bill Tong
NATO jets have flew off the runway more than 400 times this year to intercept Russian aircraft dangerously close to the airspace of it's members. While this not the first time this have happened, there is a 50% increase in Russian air activity.
"This pattern is risky and unjustified. So NATO remains vigilant. We are here. And we are ready to defend all allies against any threat," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says during a visit to NATO member Estonia on Thursday.
NATO jets have flew off the runway more than 400 times this year to intercept Russian aircraft dangerously close to the airspace of it's members. While this not the first time this have happened, there is a 50% increase in Russian air activity.
"This pattern is risky and unjustified. So NATO remains vigilant. We are here. And we are ready to defend all allies against any threat," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says during a visit to NATO member Estonia on Thursday.
Top: A NATO jet escorts a Russian Tu-95