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A Russian SU-27 jet reportedly intercepted one of the U.S. reconnaissance planes Monday in international airspace. Above, Russian jet fighters SU-47 (right), SU-35 (top left) and SU-30 fly over the Russian flag in August 2003 at the Moscow International Air Show in Zhukovsky, in the Moscow region. (DENIS SINYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images)