UK Scrambles Jets To Monitor Russian Bombers And Ships Spotted Approaching The British Border

A map showing the how jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth today, shortly after HMS Argyll was deployed to monitor a Russian destroyer and two other ships as they passed through the English Channel

Daily Mail: RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian bombers near British airspace after HMS Argyll monitors destroyer as Nato stages exercises off Scottish coast

* RAF jets have escorted two Russian military aircraft close to UK airspace
* The Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland
* HMS Argyle is also monitoring three Russian ships in the English Channel
* Comes at a time of heightened tension between the UK and Russia

British fighter jets have been launched today to intercept two Russian military aircraft that were spotted flying close to UK airspace.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed the Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and escorted the aircraft while in the UK area of interest.

The incident came just hours after HMS Argyll was deployed to monitor a destroyer and two other ships as they passed through the English Channel ahead of a NATO exercise in off the coast of Scotland involving 50 war ships.

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