Armageddon, anyone? This probably isn’t the first time this has happened during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it probably won’t be the last. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be paying attention because a little-reported event that took place over the Black Sea at the end of September could have ended very badly indeed. On September 29, an unarmed British RC-135 was on a routine patrol over the sea when it was “shadowed” by two Russian SU-27 fighter jets. That, in and of itself isn’t all that surprising since fighter pilots do that sort of thing all the time in international airspace. But in this instance, one of the SU-27s “released a missile.” The RC-135 wasn’t struck or damaged and apparently wasn’t in any serious danger, but that may have been more of a matter of luck than anything else. The Russians have acknowledged that the event took place and they’re blaming it on a “technical error.” (Sky News)
Russian jet “released missile” near RAF plane. What could possibly go wrong?
