A Russian fighter jet fired a missile next to a British scout over the Black Sea
London reported the consequences
The Russian Federation replied that it was a ‘technical failure’, but Great Britain is now ready to ‘repair’ Russian planes if necessary.
The Minister of Defense of Great Britain Ben Wallace (Ben Wallace) reported during a session of the Parliament about an extremely ‘threatening incident’ that took place on September 29 in the sky over the neutral waters of the Black Sea.
A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint radio reconnaissance aircraft was conducting a routine patrol, and a pair of Russian Su-27s were intercepted. The fighters flew in close proximity to the British aircraft, after which one of them launched a missile in the ‘dead zone of view’ of the RC-135W crew.
The note sent to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation received a reply that ‘a technical failure occurred.’ For a certain time, London stopped the flights of its planes, but according to the Minister of Defense of Great Britain, as of now, the flights are being resumed and are being accompanied by fighter aircraft. Most likely, with an appropriate set of ‘tools’ in order to quickly ‘repair’ Russian aircraft, or to prevent such ‘technical problems’ altogether.
It should be noted that according to the official statements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, NATO countries are, according to the statements, ‘participants in the conflict’. At the same time, the presence of a full-fledged combat cover of aircraft demonstrates a rather high readiness of London to ‘raise the stakes’.
At most, NATO aircraft were spotted yesterday in the immediate vicinity of the borders of the Russian Federation in the area of Kaliningrad – 40-50 km away. At the time, the flights were carried out by at least the Italian Air Force Gulfstream G550 AEW aircraft, the British RC-135W Rivet Joint radio reconnaissance aircraft, as well as two US Air Force KC-135R Stratotankers, which most likely provided aerial refueling of fighter aircraft, which was not displayed on the Flightradar24 service.
Also, at the time of publication of the news, an AWACS E-3A Sentry is flying in the sky near Belarus, which is assigned specifically to NATO as an organization, and general monitoring is traditionally carried out by the secret CL-650 ARTEMIS of the US Armed Forces.
