Authorities scrambled four Rafale B fighters as part of an “enhanced Air Policing Mission” over the Baltic Sea.
The French crew identified and escorted six Russian aircraft operating near Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
The high-stakes operations were carried out from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania where France is heading up Nato‘s air policing efforts.
Footage released by the French military shows Rafale fighter jets tracking a Russian Il-20M electronic intelligence aircraft alongside a Su-30SM fighter.
Analysts have suggested these aircraft may have been armed with Kh-31P or Kh-31PM anti-radiation missiles.
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