RAF TYPHOONS CHASE WAY RUSSIAN TUPOLEV TU 142 APPROACHING UK AIR SPACE !

The British Ministry of Defence has said, six RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft on Saturday after they tried to enter British airspace.

As per reports, unidentified aircraft were tracked heading towards the north-west coast of Scotland, prompting the RAF to deploy three pairs of Typhoons from its Quick Reaction Alert program.

Two pairs of Typhoons were dispatched from RAF Lossiemouth close to Moray in north-east Scotland, while the third flew from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Flying in formation, two pairs approached the aircraft before withdrawing, while the third pair finished the job of forcing them to change course.

A Voyager tanker, the air-to-air refueling aircraft - from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, was also deployed to support the mission.

The unidentified aircraft were later revealed to be Russian Tupolev Tu-142.
The total number of Russian aircraft involved in the incident has not been revealed.

RAF spokesman said, "This was a routine response to Russian aircraft approaching UK air space and was coordinated with several other Nato allies"
RAF Lossiemouth tweeted: "At no point did these aircraft enter UK sovereign airspace. The Russian aircraft were shadowed by our Typhoons, along with ( Quick Reaction Alert ) aircraft from our @NATO partners in Norway and France.”
It added: "We are ready to respond to any unidentified aircraft and potential airborne threats, 24/7/365.”

The last time aircraft from Quick Reaction Alert were deployed to deter what was believed to be Russian military aircraft from UK airspace was August last year.

In this video Defense Updates discusses why Russian Tupolev Tu-142 is an easy target for RAF Typhoon armed with Meteor missile?

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[straightreject]

The Russian airforce head man said on BBC news that he sends them to keep both sides from getting bored. And gathering dust. He seemed a nice man. He showed the BBC crew around the base.

[turboconqueringmegaeagle]

The Germans still don't like to call it typhoon, brings back nasty memories of burning panzers.

[ThatCarGuy]

F35's from Norway found them first and then passed them off to the Typhoons.
Just like Russia carrier, this plane looks like it also caught fire recently LOL
6:56 The AIM series is the best air to air missile currently based on actual kills.
Not to mention it's paper specs are better too.
AIM 120D: 160km+ range compared to the Meteors 150km.
Aim 120D is faster.
Aim 120D is a lot cheaper. You could arm a plane for the cost of 1 meteor missile.
Aim 120D is smaller and harder to detect.
The only area the Meteor does better is kinetic energy as it's built more like a small anti-ship short range cruise missile.

[videomaniac]

Don't chase it away from the UK's airspace, let it enter unimpeded and then classify it as an aircraft from a foreign adversary with hostile intent. Force it to land at an RAF base under threat of gunfire and then seize the aircraft and prosecute the aircrew as agents engaged in espionage.

[drbendover]

next time send up a couple of F35 fighters and see if the Russians get any closer to UK airspace thinking they are alone:)

[Ryan-zdrv]

So Tu-95 is basically Russia’s B-52 Stratofortress
Just like Tu-160 tis Russia’s B-1 Lancer

[richardpatton]

The Bear...they should’ve call it the Flying Migraine

[Desireification]

Data given regarding military assets are usually vague. The Meteor missile range exceeds 150 km; simply because it doesn't carry any Oxygen but instead more solid fuel. The AMRAAM AIM 120D on the other hand carries oxygen and can reach ~ 180 km. Since the Meteor breaths air and is comparable to the AMRAAM in size, that means the range could be doubled. In the case of the Meteor, the process is elevated to an unprecedented level. Mainly the Missile(s) used by the Gripen fighters. It has a dual data link, can cruise initially at subsonic and would dash to hypersonic speed during terminal phase. Notes: Sweden being a partner in the Meteor design, took another approach. Theirs is a more capable missile, intended to be guided by the SAAB Globaleye AWACS in illumination mode. The missiles differ from one another. Finally, the Russian Bears will never approach danger waters in wartime. The duality of those adventures are to test the NATO warplanes reaction time and to update cruise missiles itinerary software.

[paulmulcahy]

I imagine the Bear has a ginormous RCS, while the Typhoon's shape gives it a small RCS for it's type of aircraft.

[barrowmusics]

So basically Russia planes didn't enter UK's territory and there's a whole lot of noise?

[Johno]

This has happened since the 60s nothing to worry about

[thegreenbastard]

The time before last the Russians were intercepted by the RAF was not last August but was in fact February this year!

[riccccccardo]

I didn’t know there was such a thing as nuclear depth chargers man kind wants to kill everything wow

[ctdesing]

The TU 142 is also used to scramble the US airspace over Alaska, several videos showing it.

[arthogstad]

That happends in northern norway every day

[blaze]

Isn't the TU-142 normally escorted by at least 2 Su-30 Flanker

[chrisb]

I love the pronunciation in this video 😂😂

[PATTHECATMCD]

One news report I read on this was so recycled, it maintained that the 2 aircraft from RAF Coningsby were Tornado F3s. Which I hear were retired a year ago.

[wllwll-zhig]

They never entered restricted air space. Regular war games is all it is.

[anthonyfoley]

It’s to test both the RAF and NATO response times.