Russland verlegt Bomber (engl.)
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Russia deploying aged bombers near Alaska
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Russia has deployed several of its TU-95 Bear
bombers to bases in Eastern Siberia, within striking distance of Alaska,
Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said Thursday."We would anticipate they might fly up from the Bering Strait across to
Alaska," Bacon said. "We are monitoring it very closely.""The Russians do this from time to time," he said. Bacon said the USS
Kitty Hawk picked up the Russian SU-24 fighters, and that at no time was the
U.S. ship in danger.The move follows two "buzzing" incidents by Russian fighters of an
American aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan in October and November. The
first incident occurred Oct. 17, while the Kitty Hawk was refueling. Russian
fighters came within several thousand feet of the carrier, Bacon said.The second incident occurred Nov. 9.
"I think this is normal training on their part; they are testing our
responses," Bacon said. "For some reason, possibly lodged deeply in Cold War
thinking, they (the Russian military) held a press conference about this."Bacon said the Russian Bear bombers -- which he called "ponderous,
propeller driven bombers" -- were deployed within the "last couple of days"
to two bases: Anadyr on the Bering Sea and Tiksi air base on the Laptev Sea."We don't believe they have been permanently deployed. We think they are
there temporarily," he said."In June 1999, two Bear bombers flew within striking distance of the
United States during a major military exercise, but were intercepted by U.S.
fighters and a P-3 near Iceland, according to the Federation of American
Scientists, a Washington-based think tank.In September 1999, two Bear bombers came within 90 miles of U.S. airspace
around Alaska but turned back. According to FAS, that was the first approach
to Alaska by a Bear bomber since March 1993.