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Two Russian Tu-95 Strategic Bombers Fly Over Barents, Norwegian Seas - MoD

© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryTu-95MS bomber on patrol in the Russian Far East, Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Screengrab of Russian Defense Ministry video.
Tu-95MS bomber on patrol in the Russian Far East, Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Screengrab of Russian Defense Ministry video. - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.04.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers have carried out a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported on Wednesday.
"Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Russian aerospace force's long-range aviation conducted a planned flight in the airspace of neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas. The flight lasted for over 5 hours," the ministry said.
The ministry added that the Tu-95MS strategic bombers had been escorted by Russian Su-35s fighter jets, and also by fighters jets of other countries "in several segments of the route."

The Tu-95MS strategic bombers are part of the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and a component of the Russian nuclear triad. They usually carry weapons like Kh-55 long-range cruise missiles.

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