While conducting massive Pacific drills in Asia, the Russian military intercepts a US spy plane.

World Over the Pacific Ocean, a Russian fighter jet intercepted a US surveillance plane as the Russian military conducted a huge set of drills in the area. "An aviation target nearing the State border of the Russian Federation was identified by Russian airspace control over the Pacific Ocean," according to the Russian Defense Ministry, forcing Russia's Pacific Fleet to scramble a Su-35 fighter plane. The Russian warplane was alleged to have recognized the target as a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane and escorted the foreign aircraft away. According to the statement, the RC-135 then made a U-turn away from…