at least four British fighter jets of constant readiness with joined them, and later French jets took off to intercept, presumably, the two Russian bombers, report the sites that track military aircraft.
Two pairs of fighters rose into the air and proceeded to fly to the North-West of Scotland Russian strategic bombers and aircraft-refueling tankers, reports “Interfax”.
according to TASS with reference to the defence of the United Kingdom, flew to intercept the Typhoon aircraft. They were accompanied by two strategic bombers Tu-160 (NATO classification Blackjack).
In recent years regularly reported that the fighters of the Royal air force sent to intercept the Russian bombers patrolling the airspace in the North Atlantic. The last such incident, reported by London, took place in September 2016.
As emphasized in the Ministry of defence, flights of aircraft of VC are carried out in strict accordance with international rules. The flight to intercept foreign aircraft at the approach to the limits is a standard international practice.
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