RAF intercepts Russian bomber jets over North Sea after refusing to talk to air traffic control

British military aircraft were scrambled to the North Sea after two Russian bombers would not talk to UK air traffic control.Two RAF planes were sent to the coast off Newcastle after the Russian Blackjacks long-range bomber jets passed through "a variety of international airspace", which had been monitored by NATO partners.A Typhoon fighter jet and a supporting Airbus Voyager tanker plane were sent out from RAF Lossiemouth in northeast Scotland just before 3pm, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) conf