A British Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft took to the sky to monitor Russian troops and flew over the Baltic Sea in the process of tracking. This was reported in the UK Defense Journal.
It is noted that such flights have been carried out before, but in the last few months the frequency of departures has increased.
During reconnaissance flights, RC-135 can patrol near the Russian borders with NATO member states and around Kaliningrad.
The RC-135 was built on the basis of the KC-135 Stratotanker tanker and the C-135 Stratolifter transport aircraft. The first RC-135s began performing reconnaissance missions in 1961. The upgraded RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft received a new AN/AMQ-15 reconnaissance system.
In April, The Drive reported that two RC-135S Cobra Ball aircraft were watching the launch of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
In February, the publication The Drive noted that Russia is regularly monitored by eleven models of aircraft and drones of NATO countries.