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Your question is loaded and has two implications which are based on wrong premises. The drone was not 24 miles from the Russian coast. It was 75 miles southwes
by maximinus_thrax 4y ago
Your question is loaded and has two implications which are based on wrong premises.
The drone was not 24 miles from the Russian coast. It was 75 miles southwest of Crimea, which is the Ukranian coast. The Russian jets were very very far away from home, they weren't in any way protecting Russian airspace.
When Russians violate airspace (like they often do in Europe) or come dangerously close to doing so in the USA, they are intercepted by fighter jets and asked to leave. Dropping fuel on their planes and flying like an idiot and then lying about it is generally not part of the NATO response.