The RC-135W rivet joint is an airliner-sized
intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance aircraft that was
designed to gather telemetry and other
electronic intelligence data. The reconnaissance aircraft provide
national level consumers with near
real-time on-scene intelligence
collection, analysis and dissemination
capabilities.
The aircraft is an extensively modified C-135
the rivet joints modifications are
primarily related to its on-board sensor
suite which allows the mission crew to
detect, identify and geolocate signals
throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. The mission crew can then forward
gathered information in a variety of
formats to a wide range of consumers via
rivet joint's extensive communication
suite.
The interior seats more than 30 people, including the cockpit crew electronic
warfare officers intelligence opera
moscow has accused the united states of
putting civilian lives at risk after a
reported mid-air near miss on friday, involving two civilian aircraft and a
nato reconnaissance plane.
Russia's foreign ministry specifically
accused the u.s air force of creating a
threat to civil aviation over the black
sea. Just because an air incident over the
black sea's ink waters has been
prevented, this does not mean the us and NATO can further put lives at risk with
impunity, russian ministry of foreign
affairs spokeswoman Maria Zaharova was
quoted as saying on twitter.
Several sources say that the reason for
the appearance of the american
reconnaissance aircraft over ukraine was
the activation of russian buck systems
along the border. A russian buck surface-to-air missile
system was moved to a new location near
the village of Muslovka near Varonesh a
short distance from its border with
ukraine.
The royal air force says that rivet
joint has been deployed extensively for
operation shader and on other
operational taskings. It had been formally named airseeker but
is almost universally known in service
as the rc-135w
rivet joint.
According to russia's federal agency for
air transport, a NATO CL-600 surveillance
plane was flying over the black sea
international waters on the morning of
december 3. The aircraft was observed making a rapid
descent from 11,000 meters to 9,200
metres which allegedly crossed the
designated path for civilian aircraft. The reconnaissance aircraft's crew did
not respond to russian air traffic
control, according to the Russian Agency.
At that moment a russian aeroflot airbus
a 33300 flying from tel aviv to moscow
and a Cl-650 plane belonging to malta
flew along their designated flight paths. It's understood that the two aircraft's
travel paths had to be promptly changed
to allow them to continue safely.
Russia said that flights by military
aircraft with no form of radio
communications presented a risk to
civilian planes in the black sea region
and that it would lodge a diplomatic
protest. The statement was posted in full on the
ministry's facebook account. The reported
incident comes amid claims that russia
is massing troops at the border with
ukraine. Kieve has expressed concern that the
troop build-up could lead to some form
of escalation as soon as january 2022.
U.S media outlets including the ap news
agency and the Washington post have
reported u.s intelligence claiming to
have evidence that moscow is planning a
military offensive. According to the reports it could
involve an estimated 175,000 russian
military personnel.
Moscow has denied the claims and has
accused nato of failing its peacekeeping
commitments by refusing to de-escalate
tensions. U.S President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are due to hold
an online meeting on tuesday.
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