NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia
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- NATO aircraft shot down a drone in Latvian airspace, with Latvia blaming Russian electromagnetic warfare for the incident, per CNBC.
- An Italian NATO fighter jet performed the intercept in Latvian airspace, according to Reuters.
Why it matters: As a NATO member on the alliance's eastern flank, Latvia's airspace violation—blamed by the country on Russian electromagnetic warfare—adds another incident to recent Russian probes of NATO territory, testing the alliance's rapid-response intercept capabilities.
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