He is to detect nuclear detonations, circled on the Baltic Sea. The flight lasted seven hours
Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix with Jake27 starting sign He left the RAF Mildenhall air base in Great Britain at 7 am Polish time and traveled the sky on the Baltic at an altitude of about 5300 m. He was in the air at least seven hours.
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The flight can be seen on the map
This machine, stationed on a daily basis at the Offutt air force base in NebraSka, is equipped with advanced systems detecting particles floating in the air, which may indicate nuclear detonation.
This model played a key role, among others in the study of the effects of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 or North Korean atomic tests. Currently, there are only a few such aircraft in service. Older versions of WC-135C/W are replaced by more modern WC-135R models, such as the one visible on the Baltic Sea.
“Patrol takes place during the ongoing war in Ukraine and nuclear threats from Moscow. Russia has a tactical nuclear weapon in Belarus, conducts exercises in the vicinity of Königsberg and uses nuclear rhetoric to disturb its neighbors” – emphasizes Estonian World.
The American Air Force has not yet responded to the question in this matter.
