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Russia sends 12 bombers to
Atlantic, Arctic
Reuters
Friday February 1, 2008
Russia on Friday sent 12 air force bombers to take part in naval
exercises over the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, Itar-Tass
news agency quoted a spokesman for Russia's air force as saying.
"Twelve long-range aircraft took off today to participate
in the concluding phase of exercises with the Russian navy attack
group," the Russian air force spokesman said.
He said the bomber group included two Tupolev Tu-160 strategic
bombers, codenamed "Blackjack" by NATO, two turbo-prop
Tu-95 strategic bombers, codenamed "Bear", and eight
Tu-22 bombers.
On Thursday Russia sent eight air force bombers to train over
international Arctic waters, testing its in-flight refueling capacity
and combined forces air traffic control with the navy.
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Last month Russian warships and bombers took part in military
maneuvers off the Atlantic coast of France and Spain in what Moscow
billed as its biggest navy exercise in the area since Soviet times.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge)
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