A Russian submarine hunter operating in international waters reportedly armed its anti-aircraft missiles after two British fighter jets staged a fly-by, in the latest sign of growing naval tensions between Moscow and the West.
The Vice-Admiral Kulakov, an Udaloy-class destroyer, was circled off the coast of Scotland by two of the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets in November, but the incident was not made public until this week. According to unconfirmed reports in the Russian media, sailors spotted the fighters on the ship’s advanced radar system and put its Dagger missile system on alert in case of a possible attack.
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