Russia has put forward a request to equip its Tu-154M Open Skies Treaty monitoring aircraft with advanced digital cameras during flights over the United States this year.
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By Milan Nykodym from Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Tu 154M Open Skies) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Some senior American intelligence and military officials are concern as over the years, Russian flights over United States have been flown over power plants, communications networks and other critical infrastructure. By having digital cameras on board, Russia will have a cheap way to fill in some important intelligence gaps.