A P-8A Poseidon, attached to the "Tridents" of Patrol Squadron (VP) 26, takes off from a runway during exercise Dynamic Manta 2019. US Navy
Business Insider: Here's how US Navy sub hunters prepare themselves for 'unsafe' intercepts by America's rivals
* Mid-air intercepts can be "disconcerting" for pilots that have not experienced them before even if they are at a safe distance.
* US Navy P-8A Poseidon crews, which fly bulky aircraft capable of hunting submarines for long stretches over open ocean, go through training designed to expose them to the maneuvers an intercepting tactical aircraft might execute to prepare them.
* While the majority of intercepts are safe and professional, some, as has been the case with several recent Russian intercepts, are definitely not.
US military aircraft are routinely intercepted by Russian and Chinese fighters in international airspace, and that can be a jarring experience, especially if the encounter is "unsafe."
Intercepts that the US and NATO characterize as "unsafe and unprofessional" are not the norm, but are a sizable portion of all these aerial encounters. "I see it a lot," US Navy Capt. Erin Osborne, Wing Ten commodore, told Insider.
Three times in two months this year, Russian Su-35 fighter jets "unsafely" intercepted US Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea.
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WNU Editor:They have been getting their fair share of intercepts in the past year.
