Incident is the latest in a series of border surveillance confrontations between Russia and the West.

China’s forces will no longer be limited to defense of the nation’s territory.

China’s forces will no longer be limited to defense of the nation’s territory.

Plans are for exercises every second year, testing everything from shooting down airborne targets to mid-air refueling.

The latest ratcheting up of tensions comes amid a Cold-War low in relations between Russia and NATO.

$1.9 billion deal with Israel would provide 3,000 Hellfire missiles, 250 medium-range air-to-air missiles, 4,100 glide bombs and 50 BLU-113 “super penetrator” bombs.