Thursday, January 08, 2009

Russians to Conduct MilOps in Greek Airspace



Reuters is reporting that the Russian will be conducting military operations in Greek airspace later this month.

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Russian aircraft carrier will conduct military exercises in Greek airspace later this month, the first such wargames to take place in the NATO member's area, Greece's Defence Ministry said on Friday.

The carrier Kuznetsov will operate southeast of the Greek island of Rhodes on Jan 3, 4, 8 and 10 and south of the island of Crete on Jan 11, it said.

See the rest of that report on the Reuters UK website at
http://uk.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUKTRE5012G320090102