NATO’s eyes on St. Petersburg

This morning we have tracked an intense surveillance activity over the Baltic Sea, particularly near the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

Specifically, four different aircraft are employed for these activities:

• Swedish Air Force Gulfstream Korpen (reg. 102002) over Eastern Finland, focusing on the northern area of St. Petersburg;
• a RAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. ZZ665) orbiting over southern Finland, north of St. Petersburg;
• a NATO Boeing 3A (reg. LX-N90454) AWACS orbiting west of St. Petersburg, over Estonia;
• an Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62303) also orbiting west of St. Petersburg, over Estonia too.