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Old 20th Sep 2009, 10:02
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Exactly what else apart from supporting troops in theatre in hot sandy places, and sitting on QRA in UK bases are the RAF doing to 'defend the UK homeland'
Russian nuclear bomber flies undetected to within 20 miles of Hull | Mail Online
Russian aircraft have skirted British airspace 18 times in two years - Telegraph

"They are not the actions of a friendly nation and risk escalating tension. Russia should not be making such flights without informing the appropriate authorities," the committee said.
"The Government should take a more robust approach in making clear to Russia that its continued secret incursions by military aircraft into international airspace near to the UK is not acceptable behaviour."
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