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Russian aircraft missile launch not deliberate escalation - UK defence minister

Russian aircraft missile launch not deliberate escalation - UK defence minister
Russian aircraft missile launch not deliberate escalation - UK defence minister Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2022
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LONDON - Britain's defence minister Ben Wallace said on Thursday that he did not consider the release of a missile by a Russian aircraft near a British aircraft patrolling in international airspace to be a deliberate escalation.

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"We don't consider this a deliberate escalation by the Russians, our analysis would concur it was a malfunction," Wallace told parliament.

"However, it is a reminder of quite how dangerous things can be when you choose to use your fighters in the manner that the Russians have done over many periods of time."

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