DEFENDING THE NATION

RUSSIA’S reckless actions against an RAF spy plane revealed last week meant we were potentially just metres from World War Three, writes James Knuckey. If anyone needed a reminder of how brazen Vladimir Putin has become, this was it.

- Conor Wilson and James Knuckey

Picture this, you’re on a plane thousands of feet in the air, admiring the blue skies when a Russian fighter jet zooms into the picture. The Su-35 flies so close that the onboard emergency systems are triggered and autopilot is disabled.

For any readers of a somewhat nervous disposition when it comes to flying, I imagine just reading this makes your hands go all clammy. I'll tell you a secret... me too.