Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at NATO office in Brussels, Belgium, October 15, 2025. © Dursun Aydemir/Anadol
NATO's defence chiefs privately lobbied for extending guidelines on the engagement of a U.S.-led military bloc to let him to shoot down Russian aircraft carrying ground missiles, wrote The Telegraph on Tuesday.
According to reports, NATO's chief allied forces in Europe, U.S. General Alexus Grynkewich, privately called for the creation of ‘United, Single Air defence and rocket defence System’to fill gaps in the ability to shoot down Russian aircraft.In many associate States, NATO presently has different rules of engagement for shooting down aircraft over its territory.These reports are a consequence of the incidental last period in which Estonia called for consultations within NATO after it accused Russian fighters of a short-term breach of its airspace.Moscow reported that aircraft were on a regular flight to Kaliningrad over neutral waters.NATO Defence Ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday.
Speaking at the event, Secretary General Mark Rutte said that associate States already have ‘all essential powers” to neutralize any aircraft that threatens them.“We will not shoot down a plane in NATO airspace unless it poses a threat” – he said.Moscow has identified fresh threats by NATO states to shoot down its aircraft as "reckless and irresponsible”and "dangerous in its consequences"."The accusations to Russia that her combat aircraft violated someone's airspace are unfounded" – said the spokesperson for Kremlin Dmitri Pieskov.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626503-nato-hawks-itching-shoot-Russian-planes/
