{"id":27772,"date":"2020-09-08T08:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=27772"},"modified":"2020-09-10T12:21:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:21:58","slug":"is-nato-literally-trying-to-start-world-war-iii-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=27772","title":{"rendered":"Is NATO literally trying to start World War III with Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kremlin Says NATO Jets Engaged In “Mock Missile Strikes” Against Russia<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has lashed out at US and NATO forces, saying amid the ongoing tit-for-tat intercepts over the Black and Baltic Seas, NATO is dangerously escalating its tactics to include\u00a0“mock missile strikes”<\/strong>\u00a0targeting Russian border areas.<\/p>\n

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu made the comments in a Russian broadcast interview on Sunday, where he noted a significant increase in foreign surveillance and provocative aerial drills in the vicinity of Russia’s airspace.\u00a0Importantly he\u00a0described that<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The most alarming is that if earlier \u2013 even though not that frequently \u2013 there were mainly reconnaissance aircraft,\u00a0they\u2019ve now begun regular training flights with large numbers of planes, during which the mock missile strikes are conducted<\/strong>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Indeed within the past week the US has sent multiple B-52 bomber flights over the Black Sea in the direction of Russia’s borders, resulting in two close-up intercepts after Russian fighter jets were scrambled.<\/p>\n

As we\u00a0described earlier<\/a>, it appears the US is attempting to sweep up valuable intelligence data on Russia’s aerial sensors and communications tech in the process. Both sides typically have reconnaissance aircraft nearby when such tense encounters happen.<\/p>\n