RAF scrambles aircraft over Russian jets 'threat'
The Ministry of Defence says Typhoon jets were scrambled when Russian aircraft came close to UK airspace.
Russian surveillance planes 'deterred' by RAF jets
The RAF jets were scrambled when a request came from UK aviation authorities who had tried to make contact with the Russian 'Bear' aircraft. The jets acted as a "visual deterrent" and flew parallel to them and the Russian Bears flew off
The two Russian aircraft were of a surveillance type and sorties like this are often flown to 'test' response times.
In 2013 - there were 8 recorded incidents of this kind.
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