My thought also, maybe they meant Tu-22M Backfire, rather than Tu-22 Blinder.
Posted on 04/22/2006 5:10:10 AM PDT by RusIvan
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.
My thought also, maybe they meant Tu-22M Backfire, rather than Tu-22 Blinder.
If Putin had ever shown himself to be as foolishly vindictive as our Democrats, I would cheerfully concede your point. Sad to say, Pootie-poot is no fool.
That's scary! Where's our intel going?
Oops that picture is the Tu-22. I had originally thought the article said Tu-22M, because I guess I couldn't believe the Russians still have Tu-22s flying. Then when I corrected the photo and the link to the Tu-22, I forgot to change the caption as well.
Commies up to their old tricks again PING!!!! Possibly Plasma Stealth???
Plasma Stealth technology can be attached to any model aircraft. This would make old Bear and Backfire aircraft invisible to radar, and would require that avaitors stay up to sight the aircraft, like they did in the '50's before DEW was built.
Pootie poot may put bombers in Venezuela.
Guys,
Please don't believe everything you read in the news. The Russians announce all of their out of area long range operations to the west. In similar fashion they also announce a window on ballistic missile launches.
These announcements are confidence building measures so that an accident does not happen. The Russians announce to the west through diplomatic channels and the press that an exercise will take place. Within in that announced time frame they conduct their exercise / ballistic missile launch etc.
What you see in the media is simply a commander spinning a story and a journalist tweaks it further.
In reality eight USAF F-15s from Alaska intercepted the four Tu-95MS (BEAR Hs)initially. As the bombers flew on off Canada the Canadian took over with their CF-18s. On the 11th the Russians did a similar long-range flight against Japan.
This is a classic case of don't believe everything you read in the media!
They are. It is simply a journalist spinning very badly a boast from a Russian commander. Four Tu-95MS flew up over the Arctic along the North American coast. Intercepted by USAF Eagles and Canadian Hornets.
Commies up to their old tricks again PING!!!! ==
When you grew up and stop call Russians as "commies". Today Russia is less commie then Europian Union.
Possibly Plasma Stealth???==
Someone told here on FR that plazma stealth will emit badly in infrared band. SO Norad will pick up its emitings easily.
Russian scientists are very smart. No wonder, since US confirmed that by using russian mathematician Ufimtsev invention for her stealth. Surprised?:) Maybe those "pesky" russians devised something very new again:).
Actually, they kept flying south and weren't detected and interdicted until they landed in Queens and offloaded a container of sex slaves and counterfeit credit cards, but were released because they were just offloading the sex slaves and counterfeit credit cards Amercians couldn't be bothered to offload.
Yep and the F-22 will be stationed in Alaska this year. The russians are all bravado zero substance and their bombers are ancient. More lies of the drunk slavs.
The russians are all bravado zero substance and their bombers are ancient. More lies of the drunk slavs.==
TU-95 is not more ancient then B-52. But Tu160 is not more ancient then B1B. So what was your point?
About druncardness I would say that I encounter many people in american pubs and drank with them. I withness that the most of them easily over drink me. We drink equally but I went down under table but they continue to drink further.
So it is the big question to find out who REALLY drinks more: Russians or americans.
BTW did you learn the difference between energy nuclier reactor and uranium enrichment? Still no? Seems like you incapable to learn science:)).
Someone ban this troll already. He's a foaming at the mouth russian stooge. The B1 was copied like all western aircraft the russians make crude garbage.
The B1 was copied like all western aircraft the russians make crude garbage.==
B1 was copied? How so? Does Russians stole B1 blueprints? If so it just means that US counter-intellegence is "crude garbage" indeed:).
1. What about rocket Souz? Still flying you know. Recently NASA became to buy the launches since shuttles was banned as unsafe. Before NASA it was Europian Union who bought whole production to launch them from french cosmodrome Kuru.
2. What about RD-180 rocket engine? http://www.spaceandtech.com/digest/sd2000-37/sd2000-37-003.shtml
Why Boeing buy it for his advanced rockets Altas-5?
I may continue but save your embarassment. Seems like you know even less then middle grader?:)) Go back to school and learn something!
Someone ban this troll already. He's a foaming at the mouth russian stooge.==
Oh boy:). I showed you incompetence and ingnorance in themes you try to discuss then you turn to obsenities and call me "troll"?
So much for unbiased discussion with very thoughtful representative of intellegent elite:).
Yep and the F-22 will be stationed in Alaska this year.==
DO you know that F-22 design based on work of russian mathematician Ufimtsev? http://care.eng.uci.edu/ufimtsev.htm
Surprised? You need to learn thing not "foam your mouth" with russophobia.
I know what stealth tech is based on. Im in the US air force idiot.
I know what stealth tech is based on. ==
Hardly if you did then you won't tell such nonsense like russian ivents only "crude
Im in the US air force idiot.==
Nice to meet you:). I really didn't know that US airforce employs idiots but as russian proverb say: "all you live all you learn":).
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