Russia explained that the two planes carried out an 11-hour mission over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea, near the western coast of Alaska.
The US detected and tracked two Russian military aircraft. Photo: video capture
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) revealed that detected and tracked two Russian military aircraft that operated near the Alaskan airspace, in United States. According to the agency, the aircraft remained in the international zone and did not enter the sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada.
As detailed by the Russian Ministry of Defense, nuclear bombers They were escorted by at least one Su-35S and one Su-30SM during the mission. One of the planes could be seen in a video published by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, filmed aboard a Tu-95MS. Russia explained that the two planes carried out an 11-hour mission over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea, near the western coast of Alaska, escorted by armed Flanker fighters and, “at certain stages of the journey, bombers with strategic missiles that were accompanied of fighters from foreign countries.”
The United States detected and tracked two Russian military aircraft
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airplane models
He model Tu-95 It was launched on the market in 1954, but did not enter service until 1956, and is currently used in the units of Naval Aviation of the Russian Air Force and in the Air Force of the Russian Air Force, as well as in the Indian Air Force. Although, according to the specialized portal Air Force Technology, the model is even older: its first flight took place in 1954, and the Tu-95 entered service just two years later.
The plane can reach a maximum speed of 650 km/h and has a flight range of 6,400 km. This Tupolev periodically carried out long-range patrols in NATO countries and in the airspace of the United States until the end of the Cold War. In July 2010, two Tu-95MS Bear-H bombers broke a new flight duration record, with 40 hours of patrol over three oceans.
The US detected and tracked two Russian military aircraft. Photo: video capture
Weeks ago, the Tallinn Intelligence Service warned of a significant increase of these activities within its borders, increasingly “more violent and brutal.” “Russia’s influence activities have become more physical, more brutal, we call it state vandalism,” said CEO Margo Palloson.
Given this evidence, the North Atlantic Council, the highest decision-making body of the Allianceexpressed being “deeply concerned by the recent malign activities in allied territory affecting the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom” but emphasized that “Russia’s actions will not deter the allies from continuing supporting Ukraine.”
