The Independent·2 min read·medium
UK jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near Britain’s flagship carrier
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Athena Stavrou
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UK fighter jets were deployed to intercept a Russian 'Bear F' maritime patrol aircraft that approached the HMS Prince of Wales in the Arctic Circle. The Russian plane reportedly dropped tracking devices near the British flagship carrier, an action the UK Ministry of Defence labeled as unsafe and unprofessional.
A Russian ‘Bear F’ aircraft ‘repeatedly approached’ the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier before dropping a ‘large number’ of tracking devices into the water nearby
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