Posted on 03/24/2010 12:43:59 PM PDT by kronos77
19:1624/03/2010
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers have carried out a 15-hour routine patrol mission over the Pacific, including near the U.S. Aleutian Islands, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.
"The Tu-95MS bombers left the Ukrainka air base [in the Amur region in Russia's Far East] on March 24 and successfully completed the air patrol mission," Lt. Col. Vladimir Drik said.
"The flight took place in the region of the Aleutian Islands," he added.
The strategic bombers practiced various types of flight drills, including in-flight refueling, he also said.
Earlier this month, the commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “We’ve had a couple instances in the past year where Russian planes flew too close to the Aleutian Islands.”
However, he also said the planes were not a threat.
Russian strategic bombers resumed patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans in August 2007, following an order from then-President Vladimir Putin.
All flights by Russian aircraft are performed in strict compliance with international law on the use of airspace over neutral waters, without intruding in the airspace of other states.
MOSCOW, March 24 (RIA Novosti)
Thanks to Obama
However, he also said the planes were not a threat.
The vodka bottles and shaken loose parts fell into tne sea.
A shot over our bow.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Don’t be too hard on them- we may need the Russians to help save us from Communism!;)
I just got off another thread stating what you just said. The UK may actually do something. Obama will take it as a sign that he has friends in his march to socialism.
LOL. You pick your commies, and I will pick mine. I trust China more than I do Russia. At least China has a vested interest in seeing the US do better.
I believe those are ancient aircraft, and Putin was making for internal headlines. Those old beasties pose scant threat. I’d be surprised if our alert system even went up much, given the only logical mission for such a flight would be to probe our reaction function.
you know that “breakthrough” that the obamites just had with the russians on strategic arms control? this was an incentive to sign it . . . soon.
They were just looking for Commissar Obama to send him greetings from Commissar Putin.
bfl
B-52’s are pretty old too. Don’t want to be attacked by them either.
lol
I suspect our aircraft have far far better penetration capability.
Those old bombers could use stand off rockets to blast a first strike, to use an Electro-Magnetic pulse to finish our computers and render us helpless. Missiles could finish us off before we could strike or Obama could make up his mind. This was just a test.
Seems like the rest of the world realizes that Obama isn’t a threat to anybody — ‘cept Americans.
They are buzzing Alaska for another reason. They don’t have any missiles but ELINT gear onboard to record electronic emissions of incoming fighters and NORAD ground radars. I bet Raptors’ profile is already delivered to S-400 or something developers since they have intercepted it earlier.
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