RAF suspends surveillance flights over Black Sea after Russian warplanes fly ‘dangerously’ close to British spy plane

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The RAF has seemingly halted surveillance flights over the Black Sea after Russian warplanes flew "dangerously" close to a British spy plane.

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Analysis of publicly accessible flight-tracking data indicates that no RAF Rivet Joint aircraft have ventured into the region since April 21.The apparent pause comes despite Defence Secretary John Healey's pledge that Britain would not be intimidated by what he described as "dangerous and unacceptable behaviour by Russian pilots towards an unarmed aircraft operating in international airspace".Military sources indicated that the Rivet Joint aircraft would typically conduct two missions weekly to the area.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Ministry of Defence revealed last week that a Russian SU-35 fighter came so dangerously close to the unarmed British reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace that it activated the plane's emergency systems and knocked out its autopilot.A second Russian jet, an SU-27, executed six separate passes near...

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