Russian surveillance plane causes stir in skies over Washington
- 7 years ago
The Russians were in the skies over Washington on Wednesday creating quite a buzz as the large aircraft flew low over the US capital.
#OpenSkies https://t.co/83ziZsyewM— YuriSL (@RussSL) 10 août 2017
In fact it was an authorised flight under the global 2002 Open Skies agreement, which allows countries to overfly each other’s territory with surveillance equipment in a bid to promote transparency, arms control and other security issues.
1/ Russia’s constant trolling of US power [e.g #OpenSkies overflight of Langley instead of White Sands] is clearly an intentional policy.— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) 10 août 2017
Both Russia and America are signatories to the treaty.
#OpenSkies https://t.co/83ziZsyewM— YuriSL (@RussSL) 10 août 2017
In fact it was an authorised flight under the global 2002 Open Skies agreement, which allows countries to overfly each other’s territory with surveillance equipment in a bid to promote transparency, arms control and other security issues.
1/ Russia’s constant trolling of US power [e.g #OpenSkies overflight of Langley instead of White Sands] is clearly an intentional policy.— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) 10 août 2017
Both Russia and America are signatories to the treaty.