Two enemy military planes flying a few meters apart, ready to pull the trigger if something goes wrong.
The situation is enough to make the most hardened pilots turn pale.
A French fighter which was patrolling above the Baltic States, as part of a NATO surveillance mission, intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane off the Estonian coast on Tuesday.
The incident, which fortunately ended well, sparked reactions in a context of growing tensions with Moscow.
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