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Open skies treaty russia aircraft. Russia has used tupolev 154 aircraft among other models for its open skies treaty overflights. The open skies treaty is an 18 year old agreement designed to allow the u s. The official certified u s. Why russian spy planes fly above france share this news usually reconnaissance aircraft colloquially referred to as spy planes approaching foreign airspace provoke a strong reaction often in the form of an interception and an official diplomatic complaint.

Yuan sha is an assistant research fellow at the department for american studies china institute of international studies. The treaty entered into force in 2002 and there are now 34 states signed up to it including the united states and russia. The aircraft is intended to carry out unarmed observation reconnaissance surveillance supervisory inspection and monitoring missions as part of the open skies treaty international programme which was signed by the us and the representatives of its 23 states in march 1992. To fly reconnaissance missions over russia to ensure the pentagon and the president are informed of military.

The open skies treaty has been the subject of growing controversy for. Observation aircraft may be provided by either the observing party or by the observed party the taxi option at the latter s choice. Russian reconnaissance aircraft will fly over parts of the united states this week through saturday as part of obligations for the treaty on open skies u s. Photo by stringer afp via getty images a critical component of russia s intelligence collection capability over the years congress also worried about russian violations with hearings resolutions and amendments inserted into defense spending legislation.

Is leaving open skies surveillance treaty the 34 nation agreement allows the u s russia and other countries to fly their aircraft over each other s territory. All open skies aircraft and sensors must pass specific certification and pre flight inspection procedures to ensure that they are compliant with treaty standards.