NATO has decided to extend until 2018 an operation to protect the airspace of Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday.
That's right, NATO fighter planes patrol along the Russian border from a base in Lithuania:
Normally, up to four jets are deployed on four-month rotations, along with 50-100 ground crew. Since 2014, the air forces of Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the United States, have participated in the missions.
Sure, now it is just four planes and extended to 2018. Then it will be 6 planes out to 2020. And who knows what will follow?
Russia's entire air defense network is in danger! Is it any wonder the Russians worry? They aren't paranoid--just perceptive.
