{"id":65809,"date":"2020-12-29T03:51:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T03:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/29\/russian-military-activity-increased-slightly-in-nato-airspace-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:21:31","slug":"russian-military-activity-increased-slightly-in-nato-airspace-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/12\/29\/russian-military-activity-increased-slightly-in-nato-airspace-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian military activity increased slightly in NATO airspace in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2014 NATO says that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/2020\/04\/15\/russian-jet-buzzes-navy-p-8-poseidon-within-25-feet-intercept-lasts-42-minutes\/\" target=_blank>Russian military activity<\/a> near the alliance\u2019s airspace increased slightly this year as its jets across Europe scrambled more than 400 times to escort or shadow unknown aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released Monday, NATO said almost 90 percent, or about 350 of these missions, were connected to flights by Russian military aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/us-says-russian-military-conducted-unsafe-intercept-of-b-52-over-black-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6324419.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US says Russian military conducted unsafe intercept of B-52 over Black Sea; violated NATO airspace in separate incident<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Two Russian military planes conducted an unsafe intercept of an American B-52 bomber as it flew over international waters on Friday, according to the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a moderate increase from 2019,\u201d NATO said. \u201cRussian military aircraft often do not transmit a transponder code indicating their position and altitude, do not file a flight plan, or do not communicate with air traffic controllers, posing a potential risk to civilian airliners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATO has two air operations centers \u2014 one in Germany, covering northern Europe, and one in Spain covering the south \u2014 which together monitor all air movements across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/05\/26\/watch-russian-jets-intercept-navy-plane\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/su2.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Watch Russian jets intercept Navy plane<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">It was the third such intercept in the past two months, according to the Navy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This story was first published on Dec. 28, 2020. 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