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Brussels: NATO and Swedish fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian intelligence-gathering plane that briefly entered Estonian airspace on Tuesday, the alliance said on Wednesday.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry called the Russian ambassador to the ministry and gave him a protest note over the incursion, the Estonian defence forces said.
Fighters from Denmark as well as Portuguese F-16s from NATO's air policing mission in the Baltics took off after radar detected an unidentified aircraft flying close to NATO airspace in the Baltic Sea, NATO said.
The plane was identified as a Russian IL-20 intelligence-gathering aircraft that had taken off from Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, heading towards Denmark.
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The Russian aircraft was first intercepted by Danish F-16s and later, as it headed further north, by fighters from Sweden, which is not a NATO member.
The Russian aircraft turned south again, entering Estonian airspace for less than one minute, a NATO statement said.
Portuguese F-16s, which had been scrambled from their base in Lithuania, escorted the Russian plane away from NATO airspace.
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Editor's note: James Stavridis is dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and former supreme allied commander at NATO. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author
(CNN) -- Recent developments off the coast of Sweden raise many questions, and we do not as yet have answers.
Last week, Swedish media reported that the country's military was searching for an underwater vessel, possibly a Russian submarine, after an emergency radio transmission allegedly made in Russian (although Russia has denied it has any vessels in Swedish waters).
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Now, as the Swedish Navy continues to search for the unidentified undersea vessel that may have penetrated the country's territorial waters, it's worth keeping in mind some key facts to help place the issue in perspective.
For a start, anti-submarine warfare is complex and very difficult to execute properly. Especially in the close confines of territorial waters, the advantages tend to accrue to the submarine. The rocky floor of an inland sea like the Baltic can mask acoustic signatures that give watching ships, helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft the ability to track and identify a subsurface contact.
Second, this is happening against the backdrop of the Swedish Navy and Air Force having suffered significant budget cuts over the past decades. As a general proposition, the Swedes have a capable and professional force. But since the end of the Cold War, they have not invested heavily in anti-submarine warfare capability.
They are not alone in this regard -- many of the other European nations have likewise cut back in this area given a sense that anti-submarine warfare was something they would have needed against the USSR during the Cold War but less so during pre-Ukrainian crisis days with Russia.
And although Sweden is not a NATO member, meaning this operation is a national effort, it is a very strong partner to NATO and has been involved deeply in positive ways in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Libya and other operations. Yet the fact remains that there is no treaty obligation on the part of NATO to be involved. If the Swedes ask for help, it is likely that NATO would respond, but to date they have not done so.
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Brussels (AFP) - NATO fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea after it breached Estonian airspace, the alliance said Wednesday in the latest of such incidents amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine.
The Ilyushin IL-20 "intelligence collection aircraft", which took off from the Russian Baltic coast enclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday, was first intercepted by Danish F-16 jets when it approached Denmark, NATO said in a statement.
It then flew north towards non-NATO member Sweden which also sent jets to intercept the plane.
Nearly four hours later the plane flew towards NATO member Estonia and was detected in Estonian airspace "for a period of less than one minute, which represented an incursion of about 600 metres (yards) into NATO airspace," it said.
Portuguese F-16s spotted the Russian propeller plane and escorted it out of NATO airspace, the alliance said.
The Ukraine crisis has produced the worst east-west tension since the end of the Cold War.
NATO has stepped up its Baltic air patrols due to what it says is a surge in intercepts of Russian warplanes near Polish and Baltic airspace since Moscow's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March.
The Swedish Navy meanwhile has been searching for a suspected Russian submarine off the coast of Stockholm for nearly a week, although it said Wednesday it was pulling back some of its ships.
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PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO scrambled fighter jets twice in two days to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, it said Tuesday amid reports that Russian military activity in the region is increasing, the Associated Press reports.
Lt. Col. Robert Gericke said the Russian aircraft were flying in international airspace and had not violated the territory of alliance members.
Two Canadian F-18 Hornet jets were scrambled from the Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania on Monday to intercept a Russian Ilyushin-20 surveillance aircraft, which they shadowed for some 15 minutes, NATO said.
"Once identification was successful, the intercept mission was completed and the two Hornets returned to their base," a NATO statement said.
Earlier, the Latvian military tweeted that NATO F-16 jets were dispatched on Tuesday to intercept a Russian Ilyushin-20 surveillance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. Gericke confirmed that NATO jets had also intercepted a Russian aircraft that day, but could not immediately provide more details.
NATO, which has 16 fighter jets in the region monitoring Baltic airspace, said it regularly launches jets to identify "unknown or potentially hostile aircraft" in the proximity of national airspace.
There were two similar incidents in the region on Oct 7 and Sept 11, but on neither occasion did the Russian aircraft constitute a threat to NATO forces, the alliance said.
In the past five days, the Swedish Navy has been combing the Stockholm archipelago for signs of a foreign submarine that officials suspect entered its territorial waters illegally. It hasn't officially linked Russia to the suspected intrusion.
The Finnish military says that Russian military aircraft have violated the small Nordic country's airspace five times this year, and the Environment Institute said Russian military ships had twice intercepted one of its research vessels in international waters.
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NATO scrambled fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft in the proximity of allied airspace over the Baltic Sea on two separate occasions this week, the organization confirmed Tuesday. The incidents occurred amid concern that the Russian military has increased activity in the region in recent days.
Two Canadian F-18 Hornet fighters intercepted a Russian surveillance plane on Monday, the Associated Press reports. The NATO aircraft followed the surveillance plane for about 15 minutes and determined that it didn't constitute a threat to allied forces.Once identification was successful, the intercept mission was completed and the two Hornets returned to their base [in Lithuania], NATO said in a statement. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace throughout the encounter and never crossed into sovereign territory, Lt. Col. Robert Gericke said.
In a separate incident, the Latvian military said that NATO fighter jets were deployed on Tuesday to intercept a Russian surveillance aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. Gericke confirmed the incident, but additional details on the encounter weren't immediately available.NATO said Tuesday that it regularly scrambles fighter jets to assess potential threats to the airspace of member nations. The alliance maintains a force of 16 fighter jets to defend the Baltic region.
The interception of the Russian surveillance plane occurred just days after Sweden released a photo of what was believed to be a foreign submarine operating less than 30 miles from the countrys capital in Stockholm, Reuters reported. Three separate sightings confirmed the presence of a submerged vessel.
The Swedish military began its hunt for the vessel after it intercepted a radio transmission in Russian on an emergency frequency, sources told local newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. However, the Russian Defense Ministry has denied involvement in the incident.
Russian Navy ships and submarines are fulfilling their duties in the world ocean waters in accordance with the plan, a defense ministry official said, according to Interfax news agency. There are no extraordinary, let alone emergency, situations involving Russian warships.
Coupled with its actions in Ukraine, Russias increased military activity over the Baltic Sea has led to increased tensions between Moscow and NATO. Finnish military officials claim that Russia has violated Finlands airspace five times in 2014, while NATO has intercepted Russian aircraft on at least two other occasions since September.
Russia is modernizing its military equipment and testing it, but there are also more military exercises, former Swedish defense minister Karin Enstrm told Newsweek. Its a sign of Russia increasing its military capabilities, both when it comes to equipment and fighting abilities. These developments in combination with the war in Ukraine are very serious and alarming. Ukraine is impacting on our part of the world very negatively.
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Russian Military Activity Increasing? NATO Intercepts Surveillance Aircrafts Over Baltic Sea
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A Russian spy plane briefly entered NATO airspace Tuesday, the first reported incident of a Russian military aircraft encroaching on territory patrolled by the alliance since the Ukraine crisis began.
The spy plane entered Estonian airspace near the island of Saaremaa for a period of less than one minute after NATO fighter jets steered the plane away from Denmark, NATO spokesman Lt. Col. Jay Janzen said.
NATO officials identified the spy plane as a Russian Ilyushin-20, which was designed to gather intelligence, Lt. Col. Janzen said. Officials tracked the spy plane from its launching point from the Russian seaport city of Kaliningrad and watched it kind of doing a circuit around the Baltic before the aircraft headed into Estonia airspace, he said.
NATO increased its policing efforts in the Baltic Sea region this year in response to concern among NATO allies like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania when Russia annexed a peninsula in southern Ukraine.
Lt. Col. Janzen said the incursion, while brief and relatively minor, was the first since a conflict over Russias aggressive behavior in Ukraine strained relations between Moscow and the alliance.
Since the Ukraine crisis started, there havent been any incursions into the areas that NATO patrols as part of its air policing mission. This was the first one, he said.
Estonias Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mari-Liis Valter said Wednesday that Estonia considers the violation serious and demands an explanation for why the spy plane entered its airspace, according to the Associated Press.
Estonias ministry of foreign affairs summoned the Russian ambassador Wednesday and presented him with a diplomatic note of protest, according to Embassy of Estonia spokeswoman Maria Belovas.
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A number of Samsung mobile devices have been cleared by the National Security Agency for use by U.S. government officials.
The Galaxy S5, S4, Note 4, and Note 3 smartphones, plus the Note 10.1 tablet, among others, received NSA approval to carry classified information, provided they are running Samsung's secure Knox enterprise suite.
Boeing's self-destructing Black smartphone (not to be confused with the Blackphone) also made the list.
"The inclusion of Samsung mobile devices on the ... list proves the unmatched security of Samsung Galaxy Devices supported by the Knox platform," CEO JK Shin said in a statement. "At Samsung, we continue to address today's increasingly complex security challenges, and are committed to delivering the most reliable mobile platform satisfying the needs of professionals in all industries."
Samsung Knox, introduced last year, provides Samsung devices with a corporate controlled "container," much like BlackBerry Balance. The Department of Defense approved Knox in May 2013, and Samsung struck a deal with mobile security firm Lookout last September to bolster the security of Android devices running Knox.
By December, however, researchers found a "critical vulnerability" in Knox, which they said could enable "easy interception of data communications." The following month, Samsung said the researchers "did not identify a flaw or bug in Samsung Knox or Android, [but] a classic Man in the Middle (MitM) attack, which is possible at any point on the network to see unencrypted application data."
In May, Samsung released its Galaxy S5 smartphone with Knox 2.0; the update includes an improved user experience and new tools for SMBs.
The next month, five Knox-installed Galaxy phones and tablets received approval from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency.
Such approvals are increasingly necessary in a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment. Gone are the days when people had a BlackBerry for work and an iPhone or other smartphone for personal use. People don't want to carry two gadgets around, so IT departments have had to add support for more popular devices. In industries that deal with classified or sensitive information - from banking to the military - super-secure services like Knox are intended to avoid data leaks and prying eyes.
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Former NSA Director Keith Alexander has ended a private-sector collaboration with NSA CTO Patrick Dowd after conflict-of-interest questions were raised.
Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander has canceled a cybersecurity consulting agreement his firm had with the current NSA CTO after current and former intelligence officials raised questions about a possible conflict of interest.
Reuters reported the development on Oct. 21. The news wire had first revealed the relationship between NSA CTO Patrick Dowd and Alexanders firm, IronNet Cybersecurity, in an Oct. 17 report, at which time the NSA said it was reviewing the matter. Alexander, a retired Army general, stepped down as dual head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command in March.
Dowd had agreed to work as many as 20 hours per work for Alexanders firm, a deal that top NSA managers had approved. But a few days after the agreement was made public, Alexander pulled the plug on it. While we understand we did everything right," he told Reuters, "I think there's still enough issues out there that create problems for Dr. Dowd, for NSA, for my company.
Dowds prospective moonlighting for IronNet Cybersecurity turned heads on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which had asked for a copy of the NSAs internal review of the matter, Reuters reported.
A spokesperson for IronNet said the retired general was unavailable for comment. An NSA spokesperson declined to elaborate on an Oct. 17 statement saying the agency was reviewing the matter.
Alexander is the only cybersecurity specialist listed on IronNets website, which describes the Washington, D.C.-based firm as having a top-notch contract support team.
Alexanders aggressive move into the private sector raised eyebrows in a town well accustomed to the sharp swivel of the revolving door. Bloomberg News reported in June that Alexander was offering his cyber consulting services to financial firms for up to $1 million per month.
The nixed Alexander-Dowd collaboration is not the only NSA conflict-of-interest story to surface in recent weeks. The husband of Director of Signals Intelligence Teresa Shea works for a contractor that is likely seeking or already doing business with the NSA, BuzzFeed has reported.
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The private company at issue IronNet Cybersecuritywas founded by Alexander, who ran the spy agency from August 2005 until March 2014. IronNet Cybersecurity offers protection services to banks for up to $1 million per month. Patrick Dowd, the NSA's current chief technology officer, had been working with Alexander's private venture for up to 20 hours per week.
Reuters reported Tuesdaythat the deal was over."While we understand we did everything right, I think there's still enough issues out there that create problems for Dr. Dowd, for NSA, for my company," Alexander said.
It's the second potential conflict of interest surrounding the former spy chief this month. Newly released documents show that during his tenure as director, Alexander personally had thousands of dollars invested in obscure technology companies that could have financially benefited as a result of his actions running the NSA, sincethe spy agency is involved in electronic surveillance, code busting, andcomputer protection and intrusion, among other things.
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Both former Governor Charlie Crist and current Governor Rick Scott turned up the heat in their final debate before the election, with both men making it clear they do not like each other and both men taking multiple opportunities to attack their opponent over personal wealth and other issues. One repeatedly called the other by first name before taking their jabs.
On personal character and ethics
Crist employed the same type of attacks he has used on television about Scott, pointing to his tenure at HCA/Columbia, a hospital chain which was fined $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud. Crist repeated a line from one of those ads, saying that Scott once invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination while questioned about an unrelated civil lawsuit.
Rick you talk about being accountable. How were you accountable with HCA at all? asked Crist.
Scott raised questions about associates of Crist, including Scott Rothstein, who was convicted and imprisoned for masterminding one of the state's largest Ponzi schemes, and Jim Greer, the disgraced former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, who served time after pleading guilty to theft and money laundering.
"Scott Rothstein testified, under oath, that Charlie was paid to appoint judges," said Scott. "His hand-picked party chairmen went to prison."
On raising the minimum wage and job creation
One issue the pair returned to was the minimum wage. Scott and Crist were on opposite sides of this issue like many others.
The private sector determines wages," said Scott. "Let's look at actually what happened. When Charlie says he wants to raise the minimum wage, that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, would lose $500,000 jobs. Charlie, you lost 832,000 jobs when you were governor. How many more jobs can we lose?
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