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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

RAF Typhoon Intercepts Russian Bear over North Atlantic

And the new Cold War games with the Russians continue. An UK RAF Typhoon aircraft intercepted a Russian Air Force Long Range Tupolev TU-95 Bear aircraft on August 17 over the North Atlantic according to a Skynews online report. See the complete report at http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1280809,00.html.

There are related stories regarding the Russian Air Force Long Range Forces activity over the last month on this blog at:

http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/russia-strategic-forces-conduct-6.html

http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/russian-bombers-resume-cold-war-sorties.html