Russia: Now You Know Something I Already Knew

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/7/inside-the-ring-404830028/

Inside the Ring
By Bill Gertz
7:59 p.m., Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Russian bomber incursions

Russia is continuing to fly strategic nuclear bombers near U.S. and Canadian airspace because the Russian military is seeking to maintain "the illusion of power," the commander of the U.S. Northern Command says.

Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., who took over U.S. Northern Command in May, said in an interview that beginning a couple of years ago, Russian strategic aviation forces began stepping up training flights of nuclear-capable Tu-95 Bear bombers near or through U.S. and Canadian airspace.
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Continuing, eh? Now I feel special.
 
Threedee said:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/7/inside-the-ring-404830028/



Continuing, eh? Now I feel special.
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Tu-95 is a mid-range bomber that is capable of air-to-air refueling. According to agreements they are not allowed to do any air-to-air refueling with these planes and were supposed to remove the capability. Of course, like the "no bombs are aimed at America" rubbish, this capability could easily be restored.

And yeah, they've been doing this since they had this capability, stepped it up when we flew SR-71s over their airspace, and continue to do it today.
 
On a side note...

Russian planes that refuel air-to-air do it at the nose of the aircraft, the hose drops from the refueling plane with a cone at the end of the hose. In Russian the word "shlang" is "hose"... The word "nos" (pronounced like nose but with a hard "s" ending rather than the "z" sound we use) is nose...

It was always funny to hear them say that the "Nos v Shlange" which means the "Nose is in the hose"... But it was mostly funny because we use Shlang as slang ourselves...

:D
 
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