NATO aircraft demonstrates use of Latvia's coastal air surveillance

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, February 24, 2004 Former Soviet Union, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      An E-3 AWACS aircraft used for NATO air space monitoring, as well as for surveillance, made a flight on Monday [23 February] over the Baltic Sea between Liepaja and Kolka, to demonstrate its technical capabilities to a future member state, according to spokesmen for the Latvian Ministry of Defence. Alarm at the arrival of the E-3 has been expressed by Russia, which regards it as an intensified effort at spying, and objects to the failure to include a delegation of its representatives to observe the flight...