RAF intercepts Russian bomber approaching UK airspace

[lovuian]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/01/raf-russian-bomber-uk-airspace

Incident follows Norwegian interception of two Russian bombers on Wednesday and comes as Nato warns of spike in activity

[DreamGypsy]

1. False alarm...it's just the Russians photobombing, because...

...Putin is trying to get a date for the Minsk. Pinsk, Novosibirsk prom:



I found hundreds of these scattered across my lawn (newly mowed!).

[KeepItReal]

2. Better shot of the intercept courtesy the RAF

[newthinking]

3. This is what happens in a "cold war". We are doing it too. Difference is we have a tabloid media now

[jmowreader]

4. Very probably a reconnaissance mission

Tu-95D aircraft were used as long-range recon aircraft during the Cold War. They flew down the US West Coast three times a week for years, and fighters from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, would follow them all the way down.

[DFW]

5. This is just Putin sticking out his tongue at us

If he wanted to do something menacing, he would not be sending propeller planes to test the response of Mach 1 jet fighters.

[lovuian]

6. After listening to the latest Putin speech

I can understand the concern of Nato in increased activity

Putin said in his latest speech World War was inevitable

The Bears are making England Denmark know they are on the target zones as well as America