[M. Espinola]

Putin & his KGB thugs are testing & probing the response of Gordon Brown. This calculated intrusion into British air space with long range bomber no less, is typical Soviet tactics.

Members of the pro-Kremlin youth movement 'Nashi' walk past a poster showing Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Nashi summer camp on Lake Seliger, some 300 km (186 miles) north-west of Moscow July 17, 2007. Some 10,000 youths from all over Russia live for up to two weeks in the camp, where they do sports and attend political and socially oriented lectures, the organisers said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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[Tommyjo]

Nothing went into UK airspace. The Russians announce a time window to NATO for these out of area flights. It is all part of the deconfliction. Russia and NATO still have laison offices. The have been doing this for quite some considerable time now. Last year the Russians went over to the US/Canadian ADIZs at the culmination of an announced strategic exercise.

During 2001 two Tu-160s went halway down the UK Eastern coastline. The Russians had announced their intentions and put a 4 to 5 day timeline on the flights.

Don’t believe everything you read in the news.