Cold Peace in European Skies

... Perspectives While the threat of escalation following an unfortunate scenario for these three incidents appears rather far-fetched, the 11 serious incidents with escalation risks are even more fanciful. Most of them are related to different kinds of Russian aviation activities. In four cases Russian fighters intercepted and escorted American and Swedish reconnaissance planes, twice they flew around battleships in the Black Sea, and three training flights of bombers were recognized as mock bombing raid missions ...