Racedo,
Nothing new in that or did you forget to add 'carrier' to aircraft? The sole Russian aircraft carrier is reported to be going into a shipyard for a couple of years for upgrading.
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Question
Asked by Lord Jopling
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Bolton on 24 January 2008 (WA 58), on how many occasions in each of the last three years Royal Air Force aircraft have been launched to monitor Russian aircraft approaching UK airspace.[HL1663]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): The number of days on which Royal Air Force Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft have launched to identify Russian military aviation that approached or entered the NATO air policing area for which the UK has responsibility in each of the past three years is contained in the table below. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace at all times.
Number of days QRA launched in response to Russian military aviation
2009 - 11
2010 - 11
2011 - 10
2012 to July - 6
Lords Hansard text for 23 Jul 201223 July 2012 (pt 0001)
September 12th was the last recorded intercept. Tu-95s in the North Sea.
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