Russia detected more than 1,000 foreign reconnaissance aircraft near its border in 2018
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.
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| 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 Air Force's radio engineering corps, Major General Andrei Coban, stressed that every day more than 6,000 servicemen are on air defense duty. 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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