NATO's Baltic Air Police jets identified two Sukhoi Su-27 jets, which are fairly freqient vsitors, and one more advanced Su-30 "close to Latvia's sea border".en route to Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
13.12. patruļlidmašīnas virs Baltijas jūras neitr. ūdeņiem pie LV terit. jūras robežas identificēja Krievijas BS lidm. 1x Su-30 un 2x Su-27.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) December 13, 2016
At last...1st pic of arrived RuNAVY Su-30SM (70 blue) at Chernyakhovsk AB (Kaliningrad region) v (с) V.Nevar pic.twitter.com/7TLLCjI6BW
— KURYER? (@RSS_40) December 13, 2016
It was time to play "I spy" at sea too, with a Russian Parchim class corvette spotted 13 nautical miles (24 kilometers) from Latvia's sea border.
LV ekskl. ekonom. zonā 13 j.j. no terit. jūras bruņotie spēki 13.12. identificēja Krievijas BS Parchim klases korveti.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) December 13, 2016
Later in the day the Armed Forces reported a matching Kilo-class submarine to complete the set.
LV ekskl. ekonom. zonā 6,9 j.j. no terit. jūras bruņotie spēki 13.12. identificēja Krievijas BS Kilo klases zemūdeni.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) December 13, 2016