Russian nuke bombers visit Alaska

[SuN]

To practice bomb drills and whatever else. Apparently they also visited Sweden and the Netherlands. Putin will come to the G20 and I think Oz should kidnap him. Oz are also prepped for a BIG MOFO attax, everything is going crazy here, or being made to go crazy more like it.

Russian strategic nuclear bombers carried out air defense zone incursions near Alaska and across Northern Europe this week in the latest nuclear saber rattling by Moscow.

Six Russian aircraft, including two Bear H nuclear bombers, two MiG-31 fighter jets and two IL-78 refueling tankers were intercepted by F-22 fighters on Wednesday west and north of Alaska in air defense identification zones, said Navy Capt. Jeff A. Davis, a spokesman for the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command. Two other Bears were intercepted by Canadian jets on Thursday.
Russian Nuclear Bombers Buzz Alaska, N. Europe | Washington Free Beacon

Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that were flying near Alaska, military officials said Friday.
Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.
Tensions are high between the United States and Russia as the two countries are increasingly at odds over Ukraine, where Russian-backed insurgents have been fighting for control of parts of the country.
The Russian planes were identified as two IL-78 refueling tankers, two Mig-31 fighter jets and two Bear long-range bombers. They looped south and returned to their base in Russia after the U.S. jets were scrambled.
F-22 fighters intercept Russian military planes 55 miles off Alaska | Fox News

[video=youtube;_r-ZxRcxefA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_r-ZxRcxefA[/video]

 

[SuN]

A brand-new Russian submarine designed to carry nuclear missiles has successfully conducted a test launch of the long-delayed Bulava Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM, showing that Russia remains a nuclear power to be reckoned with even as Moscow's relations with the West sour over Ukraine.

"The parameters of the missile's trajectory worked normally, and the missile's warheads successfully arrived at the Kura test range in Kamchatka," Defense Ministry spokesperson Major-General Igor Konashenkov was quoted by Interfax as saying after the launch on Wednesday morning. The missile was fired from a submerged position below the White Sea by the Vladimir Monomakh, one of Russia's new Borei class ballistic missile submarines.

The Bulava missile was designed for the Borei-class submarines, Russia's latest "boomer" boats — whose function is to lurk the ocean depths and await the order to launch a deadly salvo of nuclear warheads at foreign targets, usually big cities such as New York or Washington, D.C.

Capable of carrying up to 10 warheads and with a range of up to 8,000 kilometers, the Bulava is being counted on to replace rapidly aging Soviet-era missiles to maintain strategic parity with the U.S. and was often referred to as Russia's response to the U.S. plans of building anti-missile system in Eastern Europe.


Russia Proves Nuclear Muscle With Ballistic Missile Launch | Business | The Moscow Times

 

[jack]

:memories:

 

[SuN]

The Moscow Times isnt a bad read, got a bit lost in there