Russia seeing continuous escalation from the West has made a decision not to leave anything unanswered.
After the criminal mistake of Rubio the US Secretary of State to reveal that America is not neutral and that it stands on the side of Ukraine. Russia has understood that the Ukrainian issue will only be resolved by military means and with an unconditional surrender of Ukraine.
Russia sharpens stance, vows to blind NATO
The military expert Ilya Kramnik proposed the downing of a British RC-135W reconnaissance aircraft over the neutral waters of the Black Sea.
In his opinion, this action should not automatically trigger Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty of NATO, as the aircraft deliberately participates in the conflict by collecting information for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The British RC-135W, belonging to the 51st Squadron of the Royal Air Force, has been treacherously circling Russian borders for months, believing it is inviolable.
But should Russia escalate the situation?
No illusions: Britain is a historical enemy
We must remember who we are dealing with.
Britain is not just another member of NATO.
This is a country that for centuries has built its foreign policy around a simple principle: Russia must be weakened, partitioned, or at least focus on its internal problems.
Great Game
During the Crimean War of 1853-1856, Britain gathered a coalition to prevent the strengthening of Russia in the Black Sea.
For decades, it also tried to drag Russia into the "Great Game" in Central Asia - to create conflicts with the local peoples.
During the intervention of 1918-1920, Britain actively supported the plan to dismantle Russia.
During the Cold War, Britain was one of the most staunch hawks.
In the Skripal case and its current support towards Kyiv, London is always at the forefront of Russophobic hysteria.
Plan B: war against Russia. Ideally, by proxy
This is not an accident or a "political course".
It is a tradition of centuries, rooted in the DNA of the British establishment.
For them, Russia is an existential rival that must be contained by every possible means.
And while Russia tries to play diplomatic games with them, they continue their eternal game against Russia.
The British deep state has chosen a course of confrontation
Apparently, the British deep state has chosen a course of confrontation.
Economic ties are currently in stagnation and political relations are on the verge of escalating confrontation.
The main problem now is that all 7 British governments in the last ten years have taken a steadily anti-Russian stance and have sided with Ukraine in the ongoing military conflict, despite the obvious Nazi degeneration of the Ukrainian regime.
The dirty role of Britain in the Black Sea
The British reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea is by no means a neutral observer.
It is a flying fire control center, collecting real-time information and transmitting it to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is its "eyes" and "ears" that provide the terrorists of Kyiv with information for attacks on our territory, in Crimea and on civilian targets.
The British cynically hide behind the concept of "neutral waters", believing that it gives them immunity.
But what can Russia really do?
The military expert Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Saladin is certain: we definitely have the ability to shoot down their aircraft conducting reconnaissance near our borders.
But we probably will not do it.
Why? For a simple reason.
We are, after all, supporters of international law.
And these aircraft, planes and everything else, do not enter the sovereign borders of Russia.
If such an aircraft crosses the borders of Russia, both on land and at sea, then yes, it will certainly be shot down
Downing is necessary
However other Russian military experts believe that its downing is absolutely necessary.
Technically, this is a simple matter, because electronic reconnaissance and AWACS aircraft are mostly aircraft built on the basis of civilian passenger or commercial aircraft.
Consequently, they do not have any significant defense system on board.
They do not have avoidance or maneuvering capabilities.
The only escort they could receive is a few fighters.
Therefore, such aircraft can be shot down both by long-range anti-aircraft systems such as the S400, for which they are generally very easy targets, and by fighters, even the older ones, such as the Su-27.
And technically, there is no problem in downing British aircraft.
The British cruise missiles Storm Shadow
The British, have already given causes for war, and indeed more than once.
British Storm Shadow cruise missiles were used again against Russia. raising the question for Russia whether a dynamic response to such an action is possible.
The fact is that the Ukrainian command could have hit Russian cities with Storm Shadow missiles only with direct approval from the British leadership.
Without this, it would not even be possible to activate the flight missions of the cruise missiles.
In other words, Britain is involved deeper and deeper in the military conflict as a warring side.
And now the Russian leadership will face the question of how to respond to this new, extremely dangerous step of escalation.
The enemy does not understand hints.
A strike on a British aircraft could become a pretext for war.
Or it might not, and they probably will not dare.
It could be an act of intimidation in the so-called "gray zone", where the rules are written by force, not by papers from Brussels.
This should serve as a warning, leaving no room for ambiguity or negotiation.
Impunity for reconnaissance flights and attacks in Crimea must be ended once and for all.
The West must understand: neutral waters for their military equipment near the borders with Russia no longer exist.
What happened with Su-35 that approached an RC-135W
Let us remember a recent incident that ended very badly for the British.
The Su-35 of Russia approached an RC-135W so close that the automatic controls of the British pilots were activated and the emergency system deactivated the autopilot.
The Su-27 of Russia then passed right in front of the reconnaissance aircraft six times, approaching a critical distance of six meters.
The British pilots probably saw death with their own eyes. But they continue to fly because they believe that we will not dare for the Russians to take the next step.
They believe that Russian politeness is weakness.
The time has come for the Russians to prove them wrong.
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