Anti-submarine aircraft, the US Navy conducted reconnaissance in the Kerch Strait
The Boeing P-8A Poseidon of the U.S. Navy on 6 November carried out a reconnaissance flight in the area of the Strait of Kerch and the Crimean Peninsula, said monitoring portal PlaneRadar in own Twitter.
The Boeing P-8A Poseidon of the U.S. Navy on 6 November carried out a reconnaissance flight in the area of the Strait of Kerch and the Crimean Peninsula, said monitoring portal PlaneRadar in own Twitter.
The plane with tail number 168764 was approaching the coastline of the Peninsula, for a distance of 24, 61 kilometers. The P-8A Poseidon is part of the tenth patrol squadron (VP-10 "Red Lancers" ) of the U.S. Navy.
before in the same day, based on data from PlaneRadar, a reconnaissance flight in the region was performed by American strategic reconnaissance drone RQ-4A Global Hawk, which has monitored the demarcation line in the Donbass.
over the past period, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles close to the Russian borders has increased. For example, they were noticed as in the area of the Crimea and the Krasnodar territory, and near the Western borders of the country.
the Ministry of defence many times urged Washington to abandon such operations, however, the Pentagon is refused.
Boeing P-8 Poseidon