After the damage caused to the submarine cables in the Baltic Sea caused by different offensives, whose culprit (or culprits) is still officially unknown, the French army decided to send a plane to the area. to carry out a reconnaissance flight as part of NATO’s deployment in the area.
However, during the flight, the aircraft suffered an “attempted interference” and “illumination” [así es como se conoce en el lenguaje militar a cuando un radar apunta a un objeto] of a fire control radar, according to the Italian newspaper Le Figarowhich cites a statement from the French Armed Forces.
“The use of radar to ‘illuminate’ our planes in international waters is an aggressive act,” said Colonel Guillaume Vernet, spokesman for the French Armed Forces, who directly accused Russia and added that this type of action “they are not exceptional in this area” and “it means that Russia does not remain passive.”
Furthermore, the Frenchman defended that thanks to the professionalism of the French crew, it was achieved avoid a possible escalation in international tensions. “The Russian military, however, was unwilling to carry out its threat, because an attack on an Alliance aircraft could have triggered a sudden and serious escalation in relations with NATO.”
