Defending Scandanavia (catch all)

[AdamG]

According to the Latvian military, on Oct. 28, the German Air Force Eurofighter jets on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) at Amari, Estonia, to provide NATO Baltic Air Policing were scrambled to intercept seven Russian Air Force planes flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

The German interceptors identified the Russian planes as a large package, made of attack planes and escort, which included 2x MiG-31 Foxhound, 2x Su-34 Fullback, 1x Su-27 Flanker and 2x Su-24 Fencer jets.

Regardless to whether the Russian aircraft were involved in one of the frequent training missions in the Baltics or were commuting to/from the Russian airfield in Kaliningrad oblast, the package on Oct 28 represents one of the largest “formations” intercepted by NATO fighter planes during the last couple of years.

Usually, close encounters involve Russian, Swedish or U.S. spyplanes intercepted before (or after) violating sovereign airspaces. Sometimes, scrambles are required to greet Moscow’s Tu-22 or Tu-95 bombers on long-range training patrols or strike packages involved in (alleged) simulated air strikes on one of North Europe’s states (usually, Sweden).

http://theaviationist.com/2014/10/28...7-ruaf-planes/

[kaur]

Swedish officials about foreign mini-submarine.

http://www.thelocal.se/20141114/conc...ssel-in-sweden

[kaur]

A suspected submarine spotted in the Stockholm archipelago a week after Sweden's extensive hunt for Russian underwater vessels last autumn was only a civilian boat, Sweden's Armed Forces have now said. But they remain convinced that the first sighting was a small foreign sub.

http://www.thelocal.se/20150413/susp...s-working-boat

[mirhond]

- We've fished this out in our territorial waters, it looks like Russian sub.
- But this is just an eggplant!
- Well, yes, but resemblance is astounding.

[davidbfpo]

I have merged two old, closed threads on Finnish Hornets and Sweden's submarine incursions. They do fit together and there is no overlap.

The thread has been renamed to reflect the wider theme. There is a separate thread The Baltic states (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

Thanks to a "lurker" for the pointer to this article:https://www.thecipherbrief.com/artic...MJjx9Y.twitter