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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

See Russian Jet Fighter Nearly Collide With NATO F-16 In Skies Over Norway In Startling Video


A Russian jet fighter came within a mere 60 feet of a NATO F-16 in an incident that could have ended with a disastrous mid-air collision in the skies over Norway — and the Norwegian military caught the whole frightening encounter on video.

Norway made the incredible video public on Sunday, to add visual proof of Russia’s increasing military brinksmanship.

The video is viewable above. According to the Norwegian military, the plane that appears directly in front of the Norwegian NATO F-16 in the video is a Russian Mig-31, during an incident in which Norway scrambled two of its own jet fighters to intercept a Russian fighter jet flying in international airspace, but dangerously close to Norway.

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