A Russian fighter jet fired a missile at a British Royal Air Force reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Black Sea near Crimea; the missile missed.
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A Russian fighter jet fired a missile at a British Royal Air Force reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Black Sea near Crimea; the missile missed.
On Sep. 29 2022, a Russian Su-27 intending to shoot to kill fired two missiles against an unarmed Royal Air Force RC-135 flying over the Black Sea, but both weapons malfunctioned
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