A Russian fighter jet nearly shot down an reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea last year, Western intelligence documents have revealed, in an incident that brought the UK to the precipice of entering the war.On September 29, an RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft was flying through international airspace close to the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula when it was buzzed by a squadron of Moscow's Su-27 fighters.At the time, British Defence Secretary and one 'released a missile in the vicinity'.
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