British spy plane circles Russian territory in Baltic

British spy plane circles Russian territory in Baltic

A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint electronic surveillance aircraft has conducted a patrol orbiting the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. These flights form part of regular allied intelligence-gathering missions along NATO’s eastern frontier. The UK has carried out such patrols for years, maintaining a persistent watch on Russian military activity well before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Rivet Joint missions are designed to be overt and thei…