British spy plane watches Russian forces near Black Sea

British spy plane watches Russian forces near Black Sea

A Royal Air Force RC-135 surveillance aircraft was deployed today to monitor Russian forces in occupied Ukraine. The RC-135W Rivet Joint and its sensors are designed to undertake ‘signals intelligence’ missions. In other words, they ‘soak up’ electronic emissions from communications, radars and other systems. The aircraft took off from RAF Waddington and was refuelled by a U.S. air tanker before proceeding to the Black Sea via the Netherlands, G…