9/17/2023 0 Comments Rc 135 rivet joint![]() ![]() after wearing $990 Alaïa swimsuit and talking motherhoodĬhloe Green shows off her wedding ring for the first time since tying the knot with Manuele Thiella as she heads out for dinner with LeBron James ![]() Jennifer Lawrence pushes son Cy in pram with parents in NYC. Kylie Jenner almost SPILLS OUT of her bikini top as she plugs her glossy pink lip balm: 'Juicy lips all summer!' 'This my REAL bikini body': Geordie Shore's Bethan Kershaw flaunts her gorgeous curves in skimpy swimwear for an empowering post Ryder's comments came after yet another aerial incident in which Russian jets dumped fuel on and ultimately crashed into a US surveillance drone last month. 'The Black Sea is a critical international seaway supporting many of our Nato allies, including Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, and does not belong to any one country,' he said. Patrick Ryder said last month that it is important to keep the Black Sea and the skies over it open to all nations. The role of the Rivet Joint aircraft is to hoover up electronic transmissions and communications - the plane is also known as a 'nuke-sniffer' for its ability to detect radioactivity.īritish and US aircraft continued to conduct these reconnaissance flights after the hair-raising incident in September, but RAF surveillance aircraft are now escorted by Typhoon fighters while the US resorts to the use of unmanned surveillance drones. The RAF regularly flies sorties over the Black Sea's international waters, as well the Baltics and eastern Poland, to gather intelligence. If such an attack does occur, each NATO member will assist the country that has been attacked with any action 'it deems necessary'. Had a Russian missile blown Rivet Joint out of the sky over the Black Sea, the UK and its NATO allies may have been compelled to war.Īccording to Article 5 of the founding treaty of NATO, member nations agree that an armed attack against one or more of them 'shall be considered an attack against them all'. Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu blamed a technical malfunction and Wallace, having spoken with other Russian defence officials, accepted the explanation and drew a line under the incident.īut leaked US military documents have now revealed that the missile launch came agonisingly close to striking the RAF aircraft in an incident that was described as 'a near-shoot down of UK RJ (Rivet Joint)'.Ī UK defence source meanwhile disputed this version of events, telling MailOnline: 'These reports contain inaccuracies and do not reflect what happened in International air space over the Black Sea,' referring back to Defence Secretary Wallace's comments to Parliament in October. On September 29, an RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft was flying through international airspace close to the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula when it was buzzed by a squadron of Moscow's Su-27 fighters.Īt the time, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace acknowledged the incident, telling Parliament that the Russian jets 'recklessly' came within 15ft of the RAF plane and one 'released a missile in the vicinity'. ![]() A Russian fighter jet nearly shot down an RAF reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea last year, Western intelligence documents have revealed, i n an incident which could have drawn the UK directly into the Ukraine war. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |