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Interception is a process whereby military aircraft are vectored to approach and identify an unknown aircraft, sometimes followed by escorting the intruder to an airport or to the outer edge of controlled airspace, or (very very rarely) shooting it down.
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What's the point of intercepting an aircraft?
Military interception usually happens after failure to make the aircraft comply by other means (such as radio, light signals, flares). So, first and foremost it is one way to do visual communications, …