Posted on 09/14/2023 12:31:56 PM PDT by thegagline
A RUSSIAN fighter jet tried to shoot down a British spy plane off the coast of Ukraine carrying 30 crew members.
The pilot of the Su-27 fighter jet fired two missiles at the British jet last September after he thought he had permission, it has emerged At the time Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that the unarmed RAF Rivet Joint was on routine patrol in international airspace when it was tailed by two Russian Su-27 fighter jets.
During the 90-minute interaction, one of the jets fired two missiles near the RAF plane.
The first one missed the target rather than malfunctioning - Moscow had blamed the missile launch on a "technical malfunction."
The Defence Secretary had said that Britain suspended patrols following the incident which he described as a "potentially dangerous engagement."
The UK had accepted Russia's explanation.
But now three senior Western defence sources have told the BBC that Russian communications intercepted by the RAF plane reveal a different version.
It's suggested that one of the pilots thought he was given the green light to strike the British plane following an ambiguous command from a Russian ground station.
According to a Western source, the pilot misinterpreted the words "you have the target" as permission to fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...
Yeah...that spy plane has been buzzing the black sea for a while...
“Last September”
Inching closer to war
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Apparently some one was encroaching on another
one’s air space. Or so the story goes.
I believe Russian fire control and missiles work better than that.
Two shots at a slow moving whale, and no hits.
Right.
“Inching closer to war”
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Or leaping. Imagine what they’re not telling us.
Russia engaging aircraft in international airspace sure does put Russia closer to war. Dumbasses just love shooting down unarmed aircraft, don’t they?
“Last September”
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They tell us what they want us to know, and when they want us to know it. Whenever they decide its in THEIR interest to do so.
Happened a year ago, yes?
Correct. This is new information regarding the encounter.
Near miss on more than one front.
“Terrifying!!!”
Doncha just luv the tabloids?
that would have been around the time of the Nord pipeline destruction. Related?
The Limeys are up to their eyeballs in this Ukrainian crap.
Unfortunately, while their military forces are technologically sound, their quantity is insufficient without the US providing the numbers.
We need to “reel in” some of their provocations.
You're talking about the same Russia that is currently on the defensive against a fourth rate military power in Ukraine?
This was a YEAR AGO
Brits scraping year- old data to justify a war over Crimea
💯👍
It’s a “near hit” not a “near miss”.
Oops, here comes the foreign take.
Same here
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