RAF Rivet joint and the SU-27s
Rivet Joint
The intercepted communications show that one of the Russian pilots thought he had been given permission to target the British aircraft, following an ambiguous command from a Russian ground station.
However, the second Russian pilot did not. He remonstrated and swore at his wingman when he fired the first missile.
However, the second Russian pilot did not. He remonstrated and swore at his wingman when he fired the first missile.
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What’s the Russian for ‘nokitoff’?
So, it was a deliberate launch, twice - makes more sense than the 'malfunction' at the time.
Is he still flying patrols in the black sea or hauling rubber dog doo out of hong kong?
Is he still flying patrols in the black sea or hauling rubber dog doo out of hong kong?
I'm a bit surprised that this thread has managed to get to 6 pages and lasted over 10 months, unlike most other Russia / Ukraine related threads which usually get closed or moved into the generic Ukraine War thread !
Last edited by kit344; 14th Sep 2023 at 21:48.
This incident shows the danger of the Ukraine war to NATO. If either missile had hit and destroyed the RAF aircraft flying in International Airspace…..well we are in uncharted territory. Both Russia and NATO dodged a bullet, literally.
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Dangerous, certainly, but not unprecedented or uncharted. Many cases of UK and US and other ISR aircraft being shot at, and shot down by the Russians during the Cold War.
Just a small random selection.
https://spyflight.co.uk/operations/#Kapustin_Yar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-s...war-180967122/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_R...tdown_incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_affair
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/1...DOWN_60528.PDF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_A...tdown_incident
Just a small random selection.
https://spyflight.co.uk/operations/#Kapustin_Yar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-s...war-180967122/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_R...tdown_incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_affair
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/1...DOWN_60528.PDF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_A...tdown_incident
