Sweden scrambled fighter jets to intercept two Russian military planes that flew too close to Swedish airspace. <\/p>\n
With Russia flexing its muscles, three of its Baltic neighbors -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have asked NATO to permanently deploy ground troops as a deterrent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Russian fighter jets are being watched closely by NATO as the country flexes it's muscle in the air. <\/p>\n
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On Europe's Eastern frontier, NATO F-16s and Eurofighters drill for something they're doing more and more, intercepting Russian military aircraft flying too close for comfort to European airspace. <\/p>\n
A cockpit video shows NATO jets shadowing Russian planes, which often try to stay invisible by turning off their transponders. <\/p>\n
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The Royal Air Force scrambled fighter jets to escort Russian bombers away from U.K. airspace, an encounter that one analyst described to Charlie ... <\/p>\n
We watched the NATO pilots practice from a military transport plane. But last years in the Baltic states, they did this for real more than 150 times, a nearly four-fold increase on 2013. <\/p>\n
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