NATO Planes Scrambled After Russian Fighter Jets Violated Estonian Airspace

As tensions run high, the question remains whether NATO would shoot down a Russian aircraft that violates one of the alliance members’ airspace. On Friday, NATO aircraft intercepted three Russian Aerospace Force’s Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO reporting name “Foxhound”) fighter jets after they entered Estonian airspace. The Russian supersonic interceptor aircraft remains one of the fastest known operational combat aircraft in service today. The three planes had entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland and remained there for roughly 12 minutes. The Estonian Foreign Ministry has summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires...