Drone krenket rumensk luftrom lørdag
Romania sendte opp jagerfly lørdag da en drone krenket landets luftrom under et russisk angrep på ukrainsk infrastruktur nær grensen, opplyste forsvarsdepartementet.
Romania er medlem av EU og Nato og deler en 650 kilometer lang grense med Ukraina. Landet har gjentatte ganger opplevd at fragmenter fra russiske droner har falt ned på rumensk territorium siden Russland begynte krigen mot nabolandet.
Lørdag sendte landet opp to F-16 jagerfly og advarte innbyggere i det sørøstlige fylket Tulcea nær Donau og grensen til Ukraina om å søke dekning, opplyste forsvarsdepartementet i en uttalelse.
– Dronen fløy ikke over bebodde områder og utgjorde ingen umiddelbar fare for befolkningen, heter det i en uttalelse fra forsvarsdepartementet i Romania.
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And what happened the next time a Russian UAV overflew an inch of NATO territory you might ask?
While that happened yesterday when a Russian drone crossed into Rumania, and guess what? NATO scrambled jets, could have shot the drone down, but allowed it to fly over NATO territory for 5o minutes, escorted it back to Ukrainian air space—and giving it another chance to kill Ukrainians (courtesy of NATO).
Its hard to think of a more decrepit response after this week’s attacks on Poland. NATO cannot only not defend its own airspace efficiently, its acting as an escort to Russian drones who use NATO airspace to attack Ukraine.
How is that not failure?
amerikanernes respons til/på den første dronesvermen over Polen:
And frankly, the Russians proved their point. NATO failed in this operation. It used incredibly expensive systems to shoot down only a small number of these drones, and moreover the Russians also impressed on the Europeans that the USA is not going to defend them. It was notable that neither did the US play a role in repelling the attack, nor has the USA played a role in beefing up air defense in the region afterwards.
Indeed, the US Supreme Commander of NATO forces (SACEUR), General Alexus Grynkewich, was left putting lipstick on a pig when discussing at a news conference whether the USA had played any role defending Poland or was going to increase its commitment to its NATO allies under attack. He had to say no, nothing had been done and nothing else was coming and he was left saying that he as SACEUR would be the sign of US commitment.
As far as US military assets. I'm right here, and I'm involved. And the United States commitment to the integrated military structure of the Alliance remains. For kinetic assets, the other day, there were not any. This is a function of the rotation of forces that we have to our different missions around the Alliance, though, and simply a matter of scheduling, more than anything else. As we look forward to your question on more details on the size and scope,…
And that press conference was a further sign of how NATO is continuing to fail. Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke about how this attack showed that NATO would defend every “inch” of NATO territory.
We have air defences – ground, sea, and air-based systems. Here, too, with contributions from Allies across Europe and North America working together every day. To ensure that we are prepared and ready to defend every inch of Allied territory.
Så det er legitimt å spørre seg, og ihvertall fundere over, om amerikanerne nå egentlig er helt ute av NATO
Legg til at de, dersom jeg har forstått det rett, har trekt tilbake pengestøtten til de baltiske landene
Så da er det felles luft og marine øvelser i nord som er igjen, en så lenge?