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    Post by Lobo Wed 17 Feb 2016, 7:21 pm

    Two RAF Typhoons are scrambled to intercept pair of nuclear-capable Russian Blackjack bombers heading towards UK airspace

    • RAF Typhoons scrambled to meet Russian planes, MoD confirms
    • It is the latest in a series of similar incidents involving Tu-160 Blackjacks
    • Planes from Long Range Aviation branch which carry nuclear weapons
    • The bombers are capable of carrying up to 16 nuclear missiles  

    By Joseph Curtis For Mailonline
    Published: 10:53 EST, 17 February 2016 | Updated: 14:19 EST, 17 February 2016
    Two RAF Typhoons have been scrambled this afternoon to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards UK airspace.
    The Ministry of Defence has confirmed two Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack aircraft have been spotted heading towards Britain with Typhoons sent out in response.
    A Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed that the Russian jets are currently in the UK's area of interest, but have not yet entered UK airspace. 
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    Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack bombers have been spotted approaching UK airspace (file picture)
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    A map showing the flight path of the Typhoons to intercept the Blackjack bombers this afternoon
    The Typhoons, which were dispatched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, are currently escorting the bombers south across the North Sea.
    They are part of the UK's Quick Reaction Alert. The UK's airspace covers a 12-mile radius out from the UK coastline. 
    It is believed the aircraft are with the Long Range Aviation branch of the Russian military, which are involved in strategic bombing missions and carry nuclear weapons. They have never penetrated UK airspace.
    Typhoon jets can be deployed in a range of operations, including combat.
    More recently, Typhoons have been involved in the campaign against Islamic State in Syria, with jets dispatched from the British military base of RAF Akrotiri.
    Vladimir Putin has previously been accused of Cold War-style 'brinkmanship' over similar incidents with Nato aircraft across Europe, including more than 100 Russian planes intercepted in 2014.




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    A RAF Typhoon jet similar to two that have been scrambled to intercept Russian planes (file picture)
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    A Russian Blackjack bomber (Tupolev Tu 160) being intercepted an RAF Tornado F3 fighter near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in March 2014
    Last November tensions mounted further when Turkish forces shot down a Russian jet after it allegedly entered Turkish airspace while operating missions in Syria.

    HOW THE TU-160 IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST OPERATIONAL BOMBER

    The Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack, which is also known as the White Swan, is the world's largest operational bomber.
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    The Blackjack can fly twice the speed of sound
    It has also been billed as the world's largest combat aircraft, supersonic aircraft and variable-sweep aircraft - and been compared to the American B-1 bomber.
    Measuring 178ft long and with a spread wing span of 183ft, the aircraft has a range of more than 7,500 miles.
    With a crew of four men, the Blackjack entered service in 1987 and can carry 12 Kh-55 cruise missiles as well as 24 Kh-15 attack missiles.
    The aircraft is part of the Long Range Aviation branch of the Russian Air Force which is involved with long-range nuclear weapons.
    Intercepts of Russian aircraft by NATO have increased over the last year amid heightened tensions between the West and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. 
    The Blackjack is the world's largest operational bomber and is nicknamed the White Swan by the pilots. It can travel at twice the speed of sound and carry 16 nuclear missiles. 
    It is possible the bombers were taking an unusual route to Syria, after a similar incident last November when two Blackjacks came close to entering UK airspace and Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland to intercept them.
    The Russian aircraft were making an out-of-the-ordinary 8,000-mile trip round Europe on their way to a bombing mission in Syria.
    The  bombers departed from Olengorsk, in the Kola Peninsula and made their way westbound, coming close to Norwegian and British airspace, where they were met by the RAF.
    Once intercepted by Britain's Typhoons, they made their way over the Atlantic Ocean and headed back east to Gibraltar, before firing their missiles from the Mediterranean Sea.
    After flying over Syria, they took the usual route home, over Iran and the Caspian Sea, according to The Aviationist.  
    In October, Typhoons intercepted a Russian Tu-95 'Bear' over the North Sea and Russian warships passed through the Channel and had to be escorted by the Navy.
    As previously reported in May 2015, The RAF was forced to scramble two fighter jets after Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons were spotted flying towards British territory.
    The Typhoon jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland to intercept two Russian Bear aircraft and escort them away from the UK. 

    MOUNTING TENSIONS:THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF RUSSIAN INTERCEPTIONS

    The scrambling of Typhoons from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to intercept two nuclear-capable Russian Blackjack bombers is just the latest in a long line of incidents of Russian planes nearing British airspace:
    September 19, 2014: Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland shadow a pair of Tu-95 Bear bombers approaching a Nato defence zone in the North Sea. 
    October 29, 2014: Two more bears are intercepted approaching the UK from the Norwegian sea as part of a large sortie of Russian planes including MiG fighters. 
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    A Russian bear bomber is escorted by an RAF fighter jet (file picture)
    October 31, 2014: Typhoons from Lossiemouth escort a lone bear away from UK airspace. 
    January 28, 2015: Civilian flights are diverted away from Britain after bear bombers are spotted off the coast of Bournemouth and Portsmouth after passing the west coast of Ireland and flying around the English Channel. The Foreign Office questions the Russian Ambassador as to why the bombers were flying so close to commercial flights.
    February 18, 2015: Two Typhoons from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire scrambled to intercept a pair of Bear bombers flying off Cornwall. They are escorted south.
    April 13, 2015: Two Typhoons are sent from Lossiemouth after two bears are seen in international airspace near north Scotland, shortly after several Nato warships are gathered off the Scottish coast for training exercises. 
    May 14, 2015: Two Typhoons were scrambled from Lossiemouth to intercept a pair of Tu-95 bombers flying towards UK airspace north of Scotland. But they did not enter the airspace and were not considered a threat.
    September 11, 2015: Two Blackjack bombers are seen off the coast of Northumbria, prompting Typhoons to be scrambled from Lossiemouth. The UK jets closed in on the Russian planes which then flew off towards the Baltic Sea.
    November 20, 2015: Blackjacks heading to a bombing raid in Syria on an unusual 8,000-mile round trip around Europe come close to entering UK airspace. Typhoons are sent from Lossiemouth to intercept and escort them away via the Atlantic Ocean and Gibraltar. 

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3451250/Two-RAF-Typhoons-scrambled-intercept-pair-Russian-bombers-heading-UK-airspace.html
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