Evak wrote:Russia has been flexing its muscles for a while now. Invading British airspace and being chased off by the RAF over a dozen times in the past year.
It's normal for us here in Finland that the Russian military airplanes or helicopters cross into our airspace
When we complain, they either say:
a) it didn't happen
b) that they will investigate
c) it was a mistake
d) it was a mistake and that they are sorry
Yes, the d has happened as well.
Remember when Estonia joined NATO? Well, not much earlier, Russian military airplanes crossed into Estonia (according to Estonia)! I gotta say I laughed when I heard about that. Because, what I was expecting became true. I was expecting them to do that and then they did it. And don't tell me it was a mistake
It has to be said, Sweden also had their military airplane in our airspace without our permission some time ago. But that is not normal. Normal for us is to see a report in our newspapers that a Russian military aircraft has crossed our border.
There was a decision made a few years ago here that each and every time that happens, it will be reported in our media so that we all get to know about it. Previously they had not been telling us everytime it happened.
I don't know, either they don't actually know how to fly or how to navigate, or they are very sloppy, or they just do it on purpose to keep us on our toes and to test our radar systems and our reaction times. Every time it happens, our fighter jets go check what is going on. Maybe they want to know how much time it takes for us to react. I don't know which one it is...
...sorry, off-topic wildly, but I heard a story from a friend who knows a Finnish border guard. The story the border guard told was that several Russian military jets sometimes fly in formation towards our border at a high speed, and then only a short distance away from the border they turn away. This has to be nerve-wrecking for the people who monitor our radars! I think it is one way they test our radar systems and our reaction time, as in these cases also our own fighter jets have to react (there is no way to know if they are going to turn away from our border, so our own fighter jets have to be alerted every time this happens).
2000 of in Ckhenvali dead don't deserves jokes about video game.