NATO's "magic eye" planes guard Europe between the Russian-Ukrainian war

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 While the fighting between Russia and Ukraine has entered its 45th day, NATO has accelerated the dispatch of a series of fighter jets and surveillance aircraft to the airspace near the two countries.


According to the AP, since Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24, NATO has been on high alert and realized the urgency of adding "magic eyes" to the airspace, closely connecting the machines. aircraft, ships, ground-based missile systems and radar systems to protect the eastern flank of the alliance.


Therefore, NATO has deployed many fighter and surveillance aircraft to the skies near Russia and Ukraine in the past time, a move that is seen as sending a message to Russia about the alliance's defense capabilities.


"We are watching very closely. Information, situational awareness is extremely important right now," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.


Before the 24/2 event took place, the NATO Joint Aviation Operations Center in Uedem, western Germany, accelerated operations. Currently, NATO service members manage dozens to hundreds of aircraft in the sky from the extreme north of Norway to Slovakia.


From an underground bunker on German grounds, servicemen, via a system of patrol planes, monitor for suspicious signs. The jets are always on standby to intercept unidentified aircraft near NATO airspace.


More than 100 NATO aircraft can operate in the airspace, interspersed with about 30,000 civilian flights over Europe each day.


Having six Boeing E-3A surveillance planes from NATO's fleet of early warning and control aircraft helps sketch out a "big picture" of the airspace to share with member states. These "magic eyes" planes do not fly into Ukraine or Russia, but can track for a distance of 400 km.


In addition, deployed fighters can also provide information within both countries. These planes are sometimes deployed from as far away as western France, refueled in the air while on duty, and can patrol for about an hour over the border between NATO and Russia as well as Ukraine. before coming back.


The 30-nation military alliance has recently expressed concern that it may be dragged into a large-scale conflict with Russia, so they always closely monitor military developments in Ukraine.


The most "sensitive" areas for aircraft on the Kola peninsula - on the northern border of Russia and Norway - the Gulf of Finland near the Russian city of St.Petersburg, as well as the skies around the Kaliningrad suburb of Russia, located between Lithuania and Poland.

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