A Russian fighter jet tried to down a British spy plane off the coast of Ukraine.
The Su-27 fighter fired two missiles at the British jet in the incident last September.
One of the pilots thought he had been given the green light to target the British plane - following an ambiguous command from a Russian ground station.The MoD said it would not be releasing details of the intercepted communications. Read more: Government plan to scrap water pollution rule to boost housebuilding defeated in House of Lords
The first pilot then released another missile, but it failed to properly fire and simply fell from his plane’s wing - indicating a failed or aborted launch.
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