Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

It comes after the UK confirmed Royal Air Force Typhoon jets in Poland were scrambled three times in three days to intercept Russian warplanes. This included being scrambled twice on April 15 ...

Two Swedish fighter jets under NATO command were scrambled Thursday over the Baltic Sea to escort away a Russian reconnaissance plane that was approaching Polish airspace, Sweden's armed forces ...

The jets were scrambled from the Malbork air base, close to Kaliningrad, the U.K. government said. Two days earlier, two British Typhoons left the same airbase to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il ...

During his trip to Buenos Aires in July, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ... Although ageing, these jets fall into the “super-fighters” category, with a 2,000-mile range and laser-guided ...