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Message Subject Putin Orders 10 Military Divisions to ‘Full Alert’ As US Backed Crisis with Georgia Escalates Towards War
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Russia sending a 'warning' to the US???

Long-range aircraft reach Alaska, Arctic pole
18:38 | 29/ 09/ 2006



ENGELS (Saratov region), September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian long-range aircraft have crossed the Arctic Ocean, flown over the geographic Arctic pole and reached Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and Japan's west coast, the commander of Russia's Long-Range Aviation Command said Friday.

"All aircraft were above neutral waters and did not approach the territorial waters of other nations closer than 12 nautical miles [16 miles]," Lt.-Gen. Igor Khvorov said.

The commander of Russia's Air Force said Tuesday that more than 50 strategic and long-range bombers were involved in a major exercise that began Tuesday.

"I cannot remember such a large-scale, long-range aircraft exercise in Russia's history," Vladimir Masorin said.

He said Tu-160 Blackjacks, Tu-95MS Bears and Tu-22M3 Backfires will fly above the Arctic and Pacific oceans and the Black and Caspian seas.

"Each plane will launch missiles, and a Tu-22M3 bomber will perform bombing runs at practice ranges," Masorin said.
[link to en.rian.ru]
 
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