UK scrambles jets after Tu-95MS patrol

- NATO fighters were scrambled after Russian Tu-95MS long-range bomber patrols flew over the Barents and Norwegian Seas for more than seven hours. (mirror.co.uk) - The Mirror reports the sortie lasted over seven hours and prompted alerts across UK and Norwegian air defenses, including scrambling multiple fighter sorties. (mirror.co.uk) - Officials framed the intercepts as routine, but the flights ratchet regional alert levels and diplomatic friction amid NATO-Russia tensions. (mirror.co.uk)