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The tension on the Baltic raises: F-16 of NATO gets close to the airplane of the Russian Minister of Defence

Moscow, Russia - According to Russian sources the aircraft would have been pushed away by a SU-27 that showed its weapons

The airplanes of the USA, NATO and those of Russia continue to fly at close range on the skies of the Baltic Sea. According to Russian sources yesterday a F-16 aircraft of NATO would have got very close to the airplane on which the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu was flying and it would have pulled away only when a SU-27 of the Russian Navy intervened and showed its weapons. Just...

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Rome, Italy, 06/22/2017 14:18
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