An Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) plane such as this will be deployed to Poland amid heightened tensions with Russia. Photo: AFP <\/p>\n
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Brussels: NATO says it will deploy AWACS reconnaissance aircraft to fly over Poland and Romania as part of alliance efforts to monitor the crisis in Ukraine. <\/p>\n
The flights \"will enhance the Alliance's situational awareness,\" a NATO official said on Monday. <\/p>\n
They added that \"all AWACS reconnaissance flights will take place solely over Alliance territory.\" <\/p>\n
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\"This decision is an appropriate and responsible action in line with NATO's decision to intensify our ongoing assessment of the implications of this crisis for Alliance security,\" the official said. <\/p>\n
The NATO announcement comes as Washington and Moscow traded barbs over rival proposals to ease the crisis, with each challenging the other to show they were really interested in a peaceful outcome. <\/p>\n
The AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System - will fly missions from their home airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany, and from Waddington in Britain. <\/p>\n
The AWACS aircraft are one of the most sophisticated command and control vehicles in the NATO armoury, capable of monitoring huge swathes of airspace. <\/p>\n
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