NATO hawks itching to shoot down Russian planes – Telegraph

Defense ministers of member states have been privately lobbying for broader engagement guidelines, the outlet has reported

NATO defense chiefs have been privately lobbying to expand the US-led military bloc’s engagement guidelines to allow it to shoot down Russian jets carrying ground-attack missiles, The Telegraph wrote on Tuesday.

According to the outlet, the NATO supreme allied commander Europe, US General Alexus Grynkewich, has privately called for the creation of a “unified, single air and missile defense system” to plug gaps in the ability to engage Russian jets.

A number of NATO members currently have different rules of engagement for…

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