Britain scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after two Russian military aircraft were spotted near its airspace, officials have confirmed.<br /><br /> The Ministry of Defence (MOD) said the Russian Bear bombers were seen off the coast of Cornwall, south-west England, but did not enter Britain’s airspace.<br /><br /> Royal Air Force fighter jets escorted the bombers until they were beyond Britain’s “area of interest”, added the MOD.<br /><br /> It comes just weeks after a similar incident in January, which caused disruption to civilian aircraft.<br /><br /> PUTIN A “REAL AND PRESENT DANGER” – CLAIMThe controversy over Russian bombers near British airspace comes as the government’s defence secretary, Michael Fallon, claimed Vladimir Putin poses a “real and present danger” to the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.<br /><br /> Fallon said Putin could instigate a campaign of undercover tactics to try and destabilise the three former Soviet republics.<br /><br /> “I’m worried about Putin,” Fallon told the Times and Daily Telegraph newspap
