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Spy planes swarm Russia’s Arctic border in rare surge
🇷🇺 RussiaSep 3, 2026 08:17SRC: UK DEFENCE JOURNALBY: Lisa West
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Two RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, at least two P-8A Poseidons and American tanker support are operating across the High North in a concentration of intelligence-gathering flights rare in both scale and composition. Spy planes swarm Russia’s Arctic border in rare surge first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
DETAILED REPORT
Two RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, at least two P-8A Poseidons and American tanker support are operating across the High North in a concentration of intelligence-gathering flights rare in both scale and composition.
The post Spy planes swarm Russia’s Arctic border in rare surge first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
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