Defence secretary Dan Jarvis said that Vladimir Putin risked triggering a serious confrontation after it was revealed the aircraft came close to HMS Prince of Wales last week.

The Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft flew just off the HMS Prince of Wales while deploying submarine-detecting sonobuoys as F-35s shadowed it.

According to the Royal Navy, the group delivered NATO’s Air Policing mission to safeguard the skies of Iceland and the Arctic ...

British jets intercepted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached Britain's carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea.

The Bear-F plane dropped a series of buoys into the water near to the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, the MoD said.

UK jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near Britain’s flagship carrier - A Russian ‘Bear F’ aircraft ‘repeatedly approached’ the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier before dropping a large n ...

British F-35 jets intercept and escort a Russian Bear-F aircraft near HMS Prince of Wales in the Norwegian Sea.

A Russian spy plane dropped tens of sonar devices in the path of the UK's flagship aircraft carrier in a suspected attempt to harass the warship that prompted RAF fighter jets to scramble.

The Russian Bear-F plane "repeatedly approached" the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, flying "unnecessarily close" and ...

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F-35B fighters launched from HMS Prince of Wales to intercept a Russian military aircraft (Picture: UK MOD Crown) UK fighter jets were forced to intercept an ‘unsafe’ Russian aircraft after it ...