{"id":13337,"date":"2024-11-15T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T11:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=13337"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T11:23:22","slug":"raf-jets-monitor-russian-planes-close-to-uk-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/europe\/uk-news\/raf-jets-monitor-russian-planes-close-to-uk-borders\/2024\/11\/15\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF jets monitor Russian planes close to UK borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LONDON, Nov 15<\/strong> (Reuters) &#8211; The Royal Air Force(RAF) reported on Friday that British jets intercepted a Russian aircraft approaching the UK&#8217;s airspace. This event follows the recent detection of Russian military vessels navigating the English Channel by the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n<p>British Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard reinforced the nation&#8217;s defense resolve, stating, &#8220;Our adversaries should be in no doubt of our steadfast determination and formidable ability to protect the UK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Increased monitoring and swift response by the UK military underscore the ongoing vigilance required to safeguard national security amid rising geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (RAF) routinely monitor the movements of Russian warships and aircraft near the UK&#8217;s waters and airspace, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has reported.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pd8ZPmjIudg\/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&amp;rs=AOn4CLDLhj7EmX-68Evr5Gc5ov446A6c0A\" alt=\"Russian BEAR Patrolling - Tu-95MS Heavy Bomber - YouTube\" aria-hidden=\"false\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the MOD, this marks the second occasion in three months that the RAF and Royal Navy have detected Russian military activity within a week. On Thursday, two RAF Typhoons observed a Russian Bear-F bomber aircraft flying over the North Sea. Concurrently, the Royal Navy tracked two separate groups of Russian military vessels, totalling five ships, heading towards the Atlantic and the Baltic.<\/p>\n<p>The increased surveillance underscores the ongoing vigilance of the UK\u2019s armed forces in response to international military movements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) &#8211; The Royal Air Force(RAF) reported on Friday that British jets intercepted a Russian aircraft approaching the UK&#8217;s airspace. This event follows the recent detection of Russian military vessels navigating the English Channel by the Royal Navy. British Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard reinforced the nation&#8217;s defense resolve, stating, &#8220;Our adversaries [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[4147,5225,7754,8190,8358,9103,9104,9105,9106,154,285,2019],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Russian-Jet.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13340,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13337\/revisions\/13340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}