MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th July, 2020) Russia's Northern Fleet scrambled fighters on Friday to escort a Norwegian reconnaissance aircraft flying above the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"On July 17, Russian means of control of the airspace above the Batents Sea waters detected a d P-3 Orion reconnaissance aircraft of the Norwegian Air Force. Fighters of the Northern Fleet's air force and air defense unit escorted the plane. No violation of the Russian Federation's state border was committed," the Russian Defense Ministry's Management Center said in a statement.
