UK: defence secretary Ben Wallace accused of concealing Russian ‘act of war’ against Royal Air Force plane

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The chair of the defence select committee questioned an account given by Wallace to parliament of a dangerous incident which occurred last September and was revealed in a leak of top secret Pentagon documents. According to the papers, a Russian pilot had locked on to the British aircraft in international airspace and, believing they had permission to fire, shot a missile. However, the missile malfunctioned. The specialised British aircraft can carry up to 30 crew members.