RAF Tornados armed and dangerous: Tensions between Russia and UK escalate
RAF fighter jets will be armed with air-to-air missiles and have been given the green light to shoot down hostile Russian planes.
By John Ward
DailyStarUK
11th October 2015
British and Nato pilots have been told to take the drastic action if they are fired on by Vladimir Putin’s air force during missions over Iraq.
The move comes after British ministers warned Russia had made the situation in the Middle East “much more dangerous”.
Senior defence sources say it is just a matter of time before our fighters are involved in a deadly confrontation with Russian jets.
One source said: “We need to protect our pilots but at the same time we’re taking a step closer to war. It will only take one plane to be shot down in an air-to-air battle and the whole landscape will change.”
The RAF Tornado jets will be equipped with the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile – a supersonic weapon which can blast any aircraft out of the sky.
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