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<p><span class="autocomment">Baltic interception trailing distance: 3 km vs 2.9 km within same paragraph: </span> new section</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Baltic interception trailing distance: 3 km vs 2.9 km within same paragraph ==<br /> <br /> Within a single paragraph describing Soviet/Swedish observations of SR-71 intercepts over the Baltic, the article gives two different distances for the trailing separation between a MiG-25 and the SR-71.<br /> <br /> The paragraph (in the Operations section covering Baltic intercepts) states in narrative voice that the MiG would &quot;close to an altitude of 19 km, precisely &#039;&#039;&#039;3 km&#039;&#039;&#039; behind the SR-71,&quot; and then immediately quotes the Swedish observers: &quot;the MiG-25 would reach 63,000 ft before completing its stern attack &#039;&#039;&#039;2.9 km&#039;&#039;&#039; behind the Blackbird.&quot;<br /> <br /> Within the same paragraph, describing the same recurring interception geometry, the article gives both 3 km and 2.9 km as the trailing separation. The narrative and the quoted source contradict each other on the same specific figure. One of the two — either the narrative&#039;s rounding of 3 km or the quoted source&#039;s 2.9 km — is inaccurate, and the discrepancy is unexplained.<br /> <br /> This is a minor but genuine internal inconsistency within a single paragraph. The narrative should either match the quoted source&#039;s precision (2.9 km) or explicitly note that 3 km is a rounded figure. [[User:Rome|Rome]] ([[User talk:Rome|talk]]) 17:51, 5 May 2026 (UTC)</div>

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