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| Tu-95MS Photo by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation |
Moscow. August 23. Interfax-AVN - The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers conducted many hours of patrols over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, South Korea took fighter jets into the air.
"At some stages of the route, the
strategic missile carriers were escorted by F-16 fighters of the Republic of
Korea Air Force," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
According to the agency, the flight of two
"strategists" Tu-95MS over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan
lasted about 7 hours.
"Fighter escort of the Tu-95MS
aircraft was provided by the crews of the Su-30SM of the Russian Aerospace
Forces," the ministry said.
They emphasized that "all flights of
Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict accordance with
international rules for the use of airspace."
Long-range aviation pilots of the Russian
Aerospace Forces regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North
Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Black and Baltic Seas, the Russian Defense Ministry
added.
Aircraft Tu-95MS, Tu-160 are the air
component of the Russian nuclear triad. They are designed to destroy the most
important targets deep behind enemy lines with nuclear and conventional weapons.
In November 2017, Chief of the General
Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said that Russia had increased
the intensity of strategic aviation flights to the level that was under the
USSR. "If we compare the indicators achieved since the Soviet Union, then
the intensity of long-range aviation flights is maintained at the same level.
At the same time, the flight time on the crew of the Tu-160 and Tu-95MS
strategic missile carriers increased by 10% per year," Gerasimov said at
the time.
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