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Russian bombers test UK patience again
Herald Sun ^
| July 20, 2007
| Wojciech Moskwa
Posted on 07/20/2007 11:27:11 AM PDT by lizol
Russian bombers test UK patience again
By Wojciech Moskwa in Oslo
July 20, 2007 09:59pm
TWO Russian Tu-95 bombers made unusually long sorties over the North Sea yesterday, forcing both Norway and Britain to scramble fighter jets to follow the Russian planes, Norway's armed forces said.
The Russian bombers stayed in international air space during their flight, which took them as far south as the region between Norway's Stavanger and Aberdeen in Scotland - centres of the North Sea oil industry.
The incident, the latest of several such sorties in past days, occurred during a period of heightened diplomatic tensions between Russia and Britain over Moscow's refusal to extradite a murder suspect.
It's a long time since they (Russian bombers) have been that far south, John Inge Oegland, spokesman for Norway's armed forces, told Reuters.
"I would say that is rather unusual.
Since they were so far south, the RAF (Britain's Royal Air Force) followed the same procedure and went up to identify them."
When Russian military planes approach Norwegian air space, Norway scrambles fighters to meet and follow them.
Russia's air force commander said this week that such sorties were training flights for the long-range bombers.
The pilots flew on routes used for international flights, Colonel Yuri Pomelov, an information officer for the Russian military, said.
"We strictly followed international agreements on the use of airspace."
Cold War
Norway said it was not unusual for Russian military planes to fly over international waters across the Barents Sea and then either turn south into the Norwegian Sea or continue flying west over the Atlantic, before turning around.
Oegland said the apparent increase in Russian sorties along Norwegian air space follows a major exercise by Russia's Northern Fleet in the Russian Barents Sea.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: british; coldwar2; nato; premierputin; putin; russia; sovietunion; uk
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Tu-95
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:27:14 AM PDT
by
lizol
To: Lukasz; strategofr; GSlob; spanalot; Thunder90; Tailgunner Joe; propertius; REactor; twinself; ...
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:28:25 AM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
putin, a putin?
don't know, but it sure stinks.
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:29:05 AM PDT
by
From One - Many
(Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
To: lizol
Article says the next time around they flew Tu-160s (B1-ski)
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:30:26 AM PDT
by
Crazieman
(The Democratic Party: Culture of Treason)
To: lizol
Norway also scrambled fighters yesterday to follow two Tu-160 Russian bombers, a more modern jet-engine strategic bomber than the propeller-driven Tu-90, which passed near Norwegian air space in the Barents Sea. Tu-160
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:34:23 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: lizol
The Evil Empire should be booted out of the G8 toute suite.
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:37:43 AM PDT
by
Stallone
(War with Iran - While Bush is President and Troops are Present.)
To: CarrotAndStick
The shape of that bomber looks vaguely familiar....
To: lizol
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:39:47 AM PDT
by
UnklGene
To: CarrotAndStick
No, it’s an American B-1. Look at the wing where the USAF emblem is mounted.
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:46:12 AM PDT
by
Hazwaste
(Now with added lemony freshness!)
To: CarrotAndStick
Genuine Tu-160
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:48:24 AM PDT
by
Crazieman
(The Democratic Party: Culture of Treason)
To: UnklGene
Always loved the F-101 Voodoo. Didn’t know Canada flew them too.
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:48:39 AM PDT
by
Hazwaste
(Now with added lemony freshness!)
To: conservonator
It reminds me of the front of the space shuttle.
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:49:19 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Hazwaste
Lol! My bad! I used Google.
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:50:21 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Crazieman
I realised! My bad!
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:51:30 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:51:34 AM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
That bomber has
PROPELLERS?
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posted on
07/20/2007 11:52:34 AM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: lizol
The Russian Bear growls in the woods.
. . . Ooops!
Meanwhile, three Russkie stealth fighters penetrated deep into British air space
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posted on
07/20/2007 12:13:49 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
To: MrB
You are correct in your observation Sir!
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posted on
07/20/2007 12:17:55 PM PDT
by
Never2baCrat
(I used to be modest, now I'm perfect!)
To: Hazwaste
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posted on
07/20/2007 12:18:31 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: From One - Many
Putin is pushin’ to see how far he can go.
He’s feeling inconsequential, and he doesn’t like that?
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posted on
07/20/2007 12:19:43 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
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