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Russian bombers flew undetected across Arctic - AF commander

13:40 | 22/ 04/ 2006

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MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military planes flew undetected through the U.S. zone of the Arctic Ocean to Canada during recent military exercises, a senior Air Force commander said Saturday.

The commander of the country's long-range strategic bombers, Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov, said the U.S. Air Force is now investigating why its military was unable to detect the Russian bombers.

"They were unable to detect the planes either with radars or visually," he said.

Khorov said that during the military exercises in April, Tu-160 Blackjack bombers and Tu-95 Bears had successfully carried out four missile launches. Bombing exercises were held using Tu-22 Blinders.

By the end of the year, two more Tu-160s will be commissioned for the long-range strategic bomber fleet, Khorov said.

Both new planes will incorporate numerous upgrades from the initial Soviet models, the commander said. The bombers will be able to launch both cruise missiles and aviation bombs, and communicate via satellite.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060422/46792049.html


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Russian bombers launch cruise missiles during
exercises in Far North


11:45 | 22/ 03/ 2006

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MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian strategic bombers practiced cruise-missile launches during combined-force tactical exercises that ended Wednesday, an Air Force spokesman said.

Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky said the four-day exercises, involving 15 Tu-95MC [NATO codename Bear] strategic bombers, 12 Il-78 tanker planes, and Su-27 fighters, had been supervised by Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov, Commander of the Strategic Air Command's 37th Army.

A total of eight cruise missiles were launched during the exercises, which also included day- and night-time midair refueling and flights in the Far North, Drobyshevsky said, adding that 60% of the crews were novice pilots.

A Tu-95 bomber can carry up to six X-55 cruise missiles capable of hitting stationary targets with high precision.

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