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Has this USAF flight violated russian airspace?
Do not mix the exclusive economical zone (EEZ, 200 NM) and the sovereign area. The aircraft has been in the EEZ, not in the sovereign area (12 NM) of the Russian Federation.
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Has this USAF flight violated russian airspace?
Are you possibly thinking that the landmass that the aircraft is flying over is Russian territory? It is actually flying over Norway. In the image below I colored in green the border between Russia ...
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Has this USAF flight violated russian airspace?
Given the scale, that is far outside the 12 mile limit.
What mission? RC-135W Rivet Joint is for monitoring electronic traffic.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104608/rc-135vw-...
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