British fighter jets intercepted a Russian plane over the Norwegian Sea

UK fighter jets intercepted a Russian maritime patrol plane after it made “repeated approaches” to a support group in the Norwegian Sea, the Ministry of Defense said.

A Russian Bear-F aircraft is believed to have dropped 10 sonobuoys into the water on Thursday after passing “unnecessarily close” to the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier at low altitude, the ministry added.

The MoD said Moscow’s activity in the Norwegian Sea was “unsafe and unprofessional”.

It will come in a few weeks Royal Marines have boarded a Russian Shadow Fleet oil tanker in the English Channel.The head of the army warned that the dangers and threats that Britain is facing now are greater than at any time since the Cold War.

A UK carrier strike group is currently deployed under NATO command off Iceland, with 1,500 British personnel on board.

The squadron consists of HMS Prince of Wales, Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan, F-35 jets, Merlin and Wildcat helicopters, supported by RFA Tidespring, a refueling tanker.

It is the first time that NATO has provided air policing services from a European aircraft carrier.

The tracking devices, believed to have been dropped by the Bear-F aircraft, float on water and use sonar to identify submarines and other vessels.

British forces attempted to contact the Russian plane on international frequencies, but it did not respond.

Two F-35s then flew from Prince of Wales and escorted the Bear-F away from the carrier strike group.

Defense Secretary Dan Jarvis visited British forces on board the flagship HMS Prince of Wales at the weekend.

“We live in increasingly dangerous and uncertain times, and it is the deployments supported by allies and partners like these, including Iceland, that enhance our defense and defense as part of NATO.”

He told Channel 4 News: “We need to recognize the fact that the threat from Russia exists on all fronts, underwater, above water, on land, in the skies, in space and in cyberspace.”

The Chief of the Defense Staff, Sir Richard Knighton, told the BBC in June that Russia was “probing, challenging, testing our defences” and was “raising the stakes and in danger of crossing the line”.

NATO in 2010 He warned that Russia will be ready to use military force by 2030.

Last week he published the UK’s long-delayed plan to invest in defence, with outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announcing a £15bn military spending cut, part of which will be covered by budget cuts in other government departments.

Opposition members of parliament and the military have criticized the level of investment, which does not go far enough to meet the scale of the threat posed by Russia.

John Healey and Al Carnes contributed to the Prime Minister’s failure after the previous version of the plan quit Sir Kiir’s government in June.