Britain has confirmed that it scrambled Typhoon jets to monitor two Russian Blackjack bombers, which flew near its airspace. <br /><br /> It is the latest example of Russia planes flying close to the UK – it is often a way of testing the response time of the military. <br /><br /> France says it escorted the bombers along its coast. <br /><br /> An official said the incident was the fourth time Russian fighters had been intercepted on the French coast over the past two years, a period of tension between Russia and western European countries related to the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.<br />
