Former RAF pilot: 'Russia is showing it is still a force to be reckoned with'

Available for over a year

Russian military planes flying near UK airspace caused "disruption to civil aviation" on Wednesday, the Foreign Office has said. Former RAF pilot Andrew Brookes told Today: "The Russians have cranked up an air force that they've neglected for many years and are basically strutting their stuff around the globe". "There's no way we're pretending we're back to the Cold War ...but we have to remember that the Russians do things differently to us". "They are showing that they are a force still to be reckoned with on the stage".