{"id":59903,"date":"2021-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=574e271393d803ffc9babc694e71a76c"},"modified":"2021-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"russia-scrambles-fighter-jet-to-escort-u-s-military-plane-tass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/russia-scrambles-fighter-jet-to-escort-u-s-military-plane-tass\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA SCRAMBLES FIGHTER JET TO ESCORT U.S. MILITARY PLANE – TASS"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet has been scrambled to escort a U.S. B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan, TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing the Russian military, just days after an incident with a U.S. naval destroyer in the same region.<\/P>
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It said the bomber had not breached the Russian border.<\/P>
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Russia said on Friday one of its military vessels chased away a U.S. destroyer that attempted to violate Russian territorial waters during Russian-Chinese naval drills in the Sea of Japan, something Washington said was false.<\/P>
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Source: National News Agency<\/P>
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A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet has been scrambled to escort a U.S. B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan, TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing the Russian military, just days after an incident with a U.S. naval destroyer in the same region.It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1781,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n