What are the Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J bombers and why were they in Scottish airspace?

The Air Force made a 'successful intercept', monitoring the flight path of the Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J aircraft 'to counter any potential threat to UK territory'.

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