NATO to send spy planes to Romania to inspect Russian Activity


By MYBRANDBOOK


NATO to send spy planes to Romania to inspect Russian Activity

NATO is planning to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania to conduct investigative missions and to monitor Russian military activity within the 30-nation military alliance’s territory.

 

The Airborne Warning and Control System surveillance planes belong to a fleet of 14 usually based in Germany. The planes can detect aircraft hundreds of kilometers away, making them a key capability for NATO’s deterrence and defense posture.

 

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, NATO has strengthened its presence on Europe’s eastern flank, including by sending additional battlegroups to Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia. The NATO planes, Boeing E-3s, were jointly purchased at a cost of almost $8 billion in 1977 at the height of the Cold War, when Jimmy Carter became U.S. president and as a missile crisis with the Soviet Union was beginning to fester in Europe.

 

Some of the planes were deployed in U.S. skies 24 hours after the September 11, 2001 attacks to help protect cities and nuclear power plants. Beyond their role as NATO’s eye in the sky, the planes can be used for air-policing, support in counter-terrorism or evacuation operations, and provide help during natural disasters.

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