New leaked documents have claimed that Russia came close to shooting down an RAF spy plane over the Black Sea.
The Kremlin blamed a technical malfunction, and Mr Wallace agreed to accept this explanation and drew a line under the incident.
A UK defence source has argued that the US documents have it wrong, telling MailOnline: ‘These reports contain inaccuracies and do not reflect what happened in International air space over the Black Sea.’The role of the Rivet Joint aircraft is to hoover up electronic transmissions and communications.
Ever since the incident, RAF surveillance planes are escorted by Typhoon fighters – while the US has chosen to use unmanned drones instead. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder has stressed that it is vital the Black Sea and the skies above it are kept open to all nations., known as a ‘nuke sniffer’ was gathering intelligence above the Black Sea
‘The Black Sea is a critical international seaway supporting many of our Nato allies, including Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, and does not belong to any one country,’ he said last month.It lead to the US and Russia racing to recover the debris, with Russian ships spotted at the crash site on March 15.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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