PUTIN'S WARPATH - Royal Navy rush to intercept Russian warship in ENGLISH CHANNEL
THE Royal Navy will send two warships to intercept a heavily-armed Russian aircraft carrier travelling dangerously close to British waters.
HUGE Russian aircraft carrier WARSHIP Admiral Kuznetsov
Nato forces and maritime patrol aircrafts have been sent to monitor the Admiral Kuznetsov warcraft and seven vessels, including a nuclear-powered cruiser, as it closes in on British waters.
Britain no longer has its own surveillance planes due to cut-backs in funding.
British ships are ready to be deployed if the Russian ship enters British waters
Britain no longer has its own surveillance planes due to cut-backs in funding
HMS Duncan and HMS Richmond are set to be deployed if the Russian ship, which is travelling to war-ravaged Aleppo, enters British waters next week.
A defence spokesman said: “It is significant. We will track them through our area of interest.”
The exact route of the Russian warcraft is not known, as it could pass through either the North Sea and English Channel, the Irish Sea or around the West of Ireland.
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It is standard air and sea business; ‘We know you’re there. You know that we know’
If it does use the Channel, the Russian vessel would sail just one mile away from British shores.
On the deployment, a defence expert said: “It is standard air and sea business; ‘We know you’re there. You know that we know’.”
It is believed the 300metre-long ship will practise its method of attack on Syria just north coast of Scotland.
HMS Richmond is set to be deployed
Fears have been raised by defence experts that any military testing from Russia could stray into Britain, meaning the RAF would have to disband any Typhoon jets.
Nato has been given control of monitoring the Russian warcraft and is set to give orders on deployment.