TU-160
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.
Homeland Insecurity wins again! At posting time, I couldn’t find any mention of this in the US press.
I wonder if anyone will ask Rummie about it at his next [bullshit-oops!] press conference?
I don’t know about you but this really takes my mind off IRAN!
I don’t know about you but this really takes my mind off IRAN!
Comment by Baja Joe — 5/7/2006 @ 12:02 pm
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I live in Europe and support Iran. Its high time the Useless States of Americunts gets a comeuppance.
Fuck with Iran, and you can bet your ass China and Russia will align with Tehran. Why? because of national interests. They have huge oil and gas deals with Iran.
It seems to em that if Russia were able to pull-off such a feat that they would not tell us about it. If there is a flaw or unprotected “backdoor” that Russia would want to keep that secret and not give us the opportunity to fix such a chink in our armor.
Akin to the SU-27’s which flew directly over the conning tower of a U.S. carrier. I believe they made three passes while taking photos of the frenzy on deck and e-mailed them to the captain.
this is rediculous, it makes me sick that we couldnt find the bombers.
hopefully, the US Air Force did see the bombers but didnt intercept them to make the russians think that we didnt know they were there. hopefully we saw those bastards before they even took off
They couldnt find the planes during 9/11 either.
Or maybe the Russians could’nt find their target.
You guys are uninformed idiots. Just so you know.
long live mother Russia .. things will change soon, world will change,
no one accepts anymore the way U.S is dealing with power.
I hope you like your communist president over there. but don’t hold your breath. Enjoy you 30 something year old bombers.
we have been behind russian tech for a long time and still almost every battle we have with them we win so keep ur mouth shut khrizantyema