Tensions between the United States and Russia rose to new heights this week after both American and Russian military forces experienced a direct collision in the skies over the Black Sea. On Tuesday, two Russian Sukhoi-27 war planes collided with an MQ-9 surveillance drone belonging to the United States. The drone was damaged beyond repair and its debris is believed to have fallen into the Black Sea.

In the wake of the incident, U.S. officials have pointed to the “unprofessional, dangerous” maneuver in international airspace as inappropriate. The Biden administration summoned Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov to the State Department to register its strong condemnation, while the Pentagon released a 43-second clip of the incident to prove its accounts of the incident.

On Thursday, NATO announced it scrambles around 570 of its air forces each year in order to intercept Russian military aircraft that may potentially violate Allied