Q: Russian military flights
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Article: Dutch fighter jets intercept 2 Russian bombers in their airspace - CNN.com
Do they fly in controlled RVSM European airspace without flight plans, transponders and any ATC control? I assume from the article they fly where they want and how they want.
Article: Dutch fighter jets intercept 2 Russian bombers in their airspace - CNN.com
Do they fly in controlled RVSM European airspace without flight plans, transponders and any ATC control? I assume from the article they fly where they want and how they want.
I assume from the article they fly where they want and how they want.
There's a big difference between sovereign airspace and the airspace a country is responsible for providing ANS for. The Russians regularly pop up in controlled airspace but I have never heard of them violating sovereign airspace in my country
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Yep, in international waters (so to speak) an aircraft can operate 'with due regard'. Ironically the biggest problem 'due regard' aircraft have caused me while working overseas have belonged to our biggest ally, still at least they were speaking to me!
They do fly in regulated airspace and they do not squawk or communicate with ATC. Sometimes the only way to tell their position is from the squawk of the escorting fighter(s).
It is a big problem when they go from one FIR to another as ATC requires height, point of entry etc and this cannot be provided. That said, over the last 30 years they have rarely caused any grief, apart from the nuisance value.
They have not breached territorial waters to my knowledge and they remain in International Airspace at all times. The fact that NATO designates some of this airspace as a Policing Area makes no difference.
Despite the hand waving of the Daily Mail the recent flights, and intercepts, are very common. If they were.nt, I would have been made redundant years ago......
As an aside, it is only when you read newspaper reports that cover a subject you know about that you realise what a lot of utter rubbish is published as so called
fact.
Better still is when you read the associated comments from so called experts that you also realise there are indeed some very strange people out there.
It is a big problem when they go from one FIR to another as ATC requires height, point of entry etc and this cannot be provided. That said, over the last 30 years they have rarely caused any grief, apart from the nuisance value.
They have not breached territorial waters to my knowledge and they remain in International Airspace at all times. The fact that NATO designates some of this airspace as a Policing Area makes no difference.
Despite the hand waving of the Daily Mail the recent flights, and intercepts, are very common. If they were.nt, I would have been made redundant years ago......
As an aside, it is only when you read newspaper reports that cover a subject you know about that you realise what a lot of utter rubbish is published as so called
fact.
Better still is when you read the associated comments from so called experts that you also realise there are indeed some very strange people out there.
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Thank you for your great answers! It's more clear but more questions arise. What do ATC do with civil aircraft in the near vicinity? If they fly super sonic and/or change altitude, direction rapidly? Who will be responsible if they collide with civil aircraft in IMC conditions? Do Russians use electronic counter measures to deceive or evade radar?
I don't remember reading about this in air law but if I fly private aircraft in international airspace can I also turn off transponder and do not talk to ATC? Will I be fined for this?
I don't remember reading about this in air law but if I fly private aircraft in international airspace can I also turn off transponder and do not talk to ATC? Will I be fined for this?
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I don't remember reading about this in air law but if I fly private aircraft in international airspace can I also turn off transponder and do not talk to ATC? Will I be fined for this?
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