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Two Russian Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers Fly Over Chukchi Sea - MoD

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A Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear strategic bomber. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Two Russian Tu-95МS strategic missile carriers have carried out an over 12-hour flight over the waters of the Chukchi Sea located between Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Area and the US state of Alaska, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"Two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers conducted a scheduled flight in airspace over the neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea. The flight duration stood at more than 12 hours," the defense ministry said in a statement.
During the flight, the bombers were escorted by crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Russian aerospace forces, the statement read. The flight was conducted "in strict accordance with the international rules of use of airspace," commander of long-range aviation of the Russian aerospace forces, Lt. Gen. Sergey Kobylash, said.
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Long-range aviation pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry explained.
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