Monday, August 14, 2023

British Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers North Of Scotland

The RAF Typhoon jets monitored the Russian bombers on Monday morning  

BBC: RAF Lossiemouth fighters intercept Russian bombers north of Shetland 

RAF fighters have been scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers north of Shetland. 

The Typhoon jets launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray on Monday morning. 

The Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J aircraft were monitored in international airspace as they passed north of the UK. 

 Such incidents - known as quick reaction alerts - are not uncommon and involve RAF crews shadowing Russian military aircraft near UK airspace.  

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WNU Editor: The Dutch also got involved .... Danish air force intercepts Russian bombers headed to Dutch NATO airspace (Reuters). More here .... Dutch fighter jets scrambled after Russian bombers near NL (Dutch News). 

British Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers  

Britain Says It Intercepted Two Russian Bomber Aircraft North of Scotland -- Reuters  

RAF Typhoon jets intercept Russian bombers flying north of Scotland -- SKY News  

Two Russian bombers intercepted north of Scotland -- RTE  

What are the Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J bombers and why were they in Scottish airspace? -- Daily Mail

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

dammit just because we talk about the tsunami bomb and dream of spraying all of London in a chemical weapon... Hahaha

fazman said...

It all depends how you define winning
It's pretty hard to day Russia is winning , as apart from not losing.