- MOSCOW (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.
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- 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.
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- "They were unable to detect the
planes either with radars or visually," he said.
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- 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.
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- By the end of the year, two more Tu-160s
will be commissioned for the long-range strategic bomber fleet, Khorov
said.
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- 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.
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- http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/
russia/2006/russia-060422-rianovosti01.htm
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