Russian bombers in the skies over Bournemouth: RAF jets scramble to intercept intruders

Nothing new. It happens all the time. Its the Russians testing our RAF's response times.

It has increased a little over the past 12 months though.

Long Range Aviation crews regularly perform patrolling missions over neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Black Sea and the Pacific Ocean from base and operative airfields in line with their action plans, the report said.

"Air Force planes invariably perform all of their flights in strict compliance with the international regulations for using airspace above neutral waters and do not trespass across borders of other states," the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized.


[link to www.interfax.com]

Is that you Pooty poot?

Hey McCain, merely quoting Interfax. You should read more than just your own headlines.

Yes. The news is not the flights but their frequency. Russia is posturing aggressively and it is only a matter of time before they go for real conflict. I just hope we will be in NATO before that happens.

Oh please, it's NATO who is pushing for a fight. Russia taking Crimea back was only a matter of time as half of the Ukrainian population wanted to be Russian again. The West is just as if not more culpable.

Intruders? Didn't know UK owns all the sky over Earth.

Our Raf is site compared to anything the Russians got our air force is a fucking joke. Wankers.

Are you for real you idiot,you hope you will be in nature lol as if Russia gives a fucking about the corrupt twisted NATO NATO is a fucking joke.

Are you for real you idiot,you hope you will be in NATO lol as if Russia gives a fucking about the corrupt twisted NATO NATO is a fucking joke.

Nothing new is it. Keeps the RAF of their feet more than anything.

They try it with live cruise missiles on em, and they'll test the response time of mach 4.5 Aster block 2 anti-air missiles.

and perhaps you should try and get that 3rd synapse firing before quoting an obvious agenda piece.

Jeez, sure are a lot of Commies around these days...

Russian Bomber Over Channel Was Carrying Nukes


Tensions between Russia and the UK have heightened after it was revealed that the Russian bomber intercepted by RAF fighter jets was carrying a nuclear missile designed to destroy Trident submarines.

The TU-95 aircraft were spotted on long range radar flying down from Scotland towards the English Channel, where they were close to entering British airspace, the Sunday Express report.

>Ministry of Defence sources revealed the ‘seek and find’ nuclear warhead missile which can destroy the British Vanguard submarines which form the country’s nuclear deterrent.

It led to the incident being described as “yet another in a series of deliberately provocative” actions by Vladimir Putin and shows that the Russians have put NATO countries in the list of adversaries.

[link to www.breitbart.com]

We've got a single Tornado patrolling the east of Scotland these days, I've seen it three times in the last few weeks. A few years ago, there would have been two jets patrolling together.

Sightly off topic..