Britain's Foreign Secretary Raises Concerns On Russian Planes 'Probing' U.K. Air Space

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond addresses the media after a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in Vienna October 29, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Leonhard Foeger

Philip Hammond: Russian Planes 'Probing UK' -- BBC

Britain is concerned about the "extremely aggressive probing" of its airspace by Russian aircraft, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

He made the remark while being questioned by a Commons committee about arms export licences to Russia.

He told MPs the UK was responding to Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis via EU-wide sanctions.

But the committee chairman said the government's arms policy towards Russia had been "extraordinarily lenient".

Conservative MP Sir John Stanley, who chairs the Committee on Arms Export Controls, said he had previously written to Prime Minister David Cameron to raise concerns about 285 existing licences to Russia.

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My Comment: My advice to the U.K. is to "probe back" .... if they can.