Russia detected more than 1,000 foreign reconnaissance aircraft near its border in 2018

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In 2018, the Russian Air Force (VKS) detected more than 1,000 reconnaissance aircraft near the Russian border, according to the Ministry of Defense website.

Máy bay trinh sát điện tử RC-135 của Mỹ. Ảnh: CC BY 2.0 / U.S. Air Force
US RC-135 electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Photo: CC BY 2.0 / US Air Force

In total, the VKS radio-technical units during the year detected and escorted more than 980,000 air objects, about 3,000 of which were foreign combat aircraft.

During the day, the force directs about 5,000 aircraft, half of which are foreign.

The head of the radio engineering corps of the Air Force, Major General Andrei Coban, stressed that every day more than 6,000 servicemen are on duty in air defense. They take part in regular surprise inspections of combat readiness.

The surprise of the test allowed to objectively assess the effectiveness of the radio-technical forces of the Air Force performing the tasks of detecting and escorting intruding aircraft, managing combat crews from the command posts of air defense formations, targeting fighters for interception and destruction.

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