>>http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/02/us/us-spy-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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>>So an US spy plane gets highlighted and then hightailed (or is "tailgated" the proper expression) and flees over the territory of a neutral country, without permission. Then five days later it happens again. Ouch.
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>>The funny thing is this happened just one day after MH17 was taken down... and everybody stayed silent until the Swedes published it.
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>I don't see why they needed to divert into Swedish airspace.
>The RAF have been tracking Russian planes over the North Sea for years

You're right, spy planes are business as usual. I view Russia turning up the publicity machine over this particular plane as payback for the U.S. trying to put international heat on them over Ukraine.