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July 11, 2020 / 3:21 PM

Russian Defense Ministry reports interception of U.S. spy plane

Russia's news agency reported Saturday that Russian fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, like this one shown at RAF Mildenhall, Britain, in April 2019, in neutral airspace over the Sea of Japan this week. Photo by Joseph Barron/U.S. Air Force

Russia's news agency reported Saturday that Russian fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, like this one shown at RAF Mildenhall, Britain, in April 2019, in neutral airspace over the Sea of Japan this week. Photo by Joseph Barron/U.S. Air Force

July 11 (UPI) -- Russia's news agency reported Saturday that Russian fighter jets intercepted a U.S. spy aircraft over the Sea of Japan this week.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian radars detected the plane in international airspace over neutral waters, but headed toward Russian sovereign airspace.

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"Sukhoi Su-35S and MiG-31BM [fighter jets] from the Eastern Military District's air defense forces on duty were scrambled to identify and intercept the target in midair. After approaching the target, they identified it as an RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force," said a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry published by the Russian news agency Tass.

The defense ministry said the reconnaissance aircraft made a U-turn and flew away from Russian sovereign airspace, and the Russian jets returned to their home airbase.

The U.S. military has reported nine incidences of Russian aircraft near U.S. airspace in 2020, including three in June.

Most recently, on June 25, North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22s intercepted two Russian IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft near the Aleutian island off the coast of Alaska.

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