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ウクライナのオレンジ革命を強力に支援しロシアとの関係が最悪状態に陥っているポーランドが、新たにロシアと国境を接するバルト三国の領空警備を開始。ロシアの空軍がこの機会にポーランド空軍の技量を試す危惧あり、とのこと。つまり、戦闘行為が起きる可能性があるということです。
Poland set for Baltic air patrols
By Adam Easton
BBC correspondent in Warsaw
Poland has become the first former Warsaw Pact country to take responsibility for patrolling the air space of the three Baltic states.
Polish pilots took over the rotating Nato mission from the US at a ceremony in northern Lithuania. Seventy Polish air force personnel will serve there.
Poland joined Nato six years ago and it is the first time its pilots will patrol air space bordering Russia.
Four Russian-made MiG-29 jets will be flown during the three-month mission.
The planes have been specially upgraded by Nato to meet the alliance's standards.
Nato member states have taken it in turns to patrol the Baltic skies since the three nations joined the alliance in March last year.
But it is the first time a former Warsaw Pact member has taken over the job and it has caused fears here that the Russians may take advantage of it to test the Polish pilots' skills.
Relations between the two countries are at their worst in years following Poland's support of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
In September, a Russian fighter breached Lithuania's air space during Germany's watch and eventually crashed.
Earlier this week one newspaper in Warsaw printed a large picture of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on its front page and asked "is confrontation imminent"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4570370.stm
Poland to start patrolling Baltic airspace
20:20 2005-12-27
Poland's air force will take over NATO duties patrolling the airspace over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on New Year's Day amid concerns about Russian violations of the Baltic countries' airspace. Defense Ministry spokesman Piotr Paszkowski said Tuesday that four Polish Soviet-built MiG-29s will begin a three-month mission patrolling Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which border Russia.
The daily Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported Tuesday, citing unnamed defense officials, that the Polish military fears Russia may use the opportunity to test the Polish air force's response capabilities. Paszkowski would not comment on those suspicions, but did note that Russian planes have violated the Baltic states' airspace in the past while flying to Kaliningrad, Moscow's Baltic exclave.
"There is a history of provocation in the past when other states were fulfilling the mission," Paszkowski said. "We hope that such incidents won't happen," during Poland's tenure. In September, a Russian Su-27 fighter-bomber, en route from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad, crashed in the Lithuanian countryside; Lithuanian officials detained the pilot but later released him. In a separate incident a month later, Estonia lodged a protest of alleged Russian violation of its airspace.
Relations between Warsaw and Moscow chilled when Poland, a former Soviet satellite state, joined NATO in 1999. Those uneasy ties have suffered new lows over the past year following Poland's support during Ukraine's Orange Revolution for Viktor Yushchenko against a candidate backed by Moscow. Poland was also angered by Russia's decision to build a Baltic Sea gas pipeline to Germany bypassing Polish territory. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, former Soviet republics, joined NATO last year. Because they lack the modern aircraft needed to police their own airspace, they rely on NATO's support in that area, Paszkowski said, reports the AP.
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http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/12/27/70568.html
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