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Subject: Russia resumes long-range flights by strategic bombers.
DynamicTraveler    8/17/2007 12:56:41 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6950986.stm I wonder what prompted the Russians to do this? Is this just to stick it to the US? I think Russia is just trying to reclaim some of its former glory, and try to prove that they still matter in this world.
 
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paul1970       8/17/2007 1:03:25 PM

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I wonder what prompted the Russians to do this? Is this just to stick it to the US? I think Russia is just trying to reclaim some of its former glory, and try to prove that they still matter in this world.

yep, and training their aircrews a bit.
 
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DynamicTraveler       8/17/2007 1:12:43 PM
The last I heard, they only had about a dozen Tu-160's in operational use.  If that is the case, they are almost as valuable to the Russians as the B-2 would be to the US.
 
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Bluewings12       8/17/2007 10:29:33 PM
""If that is the case, they are almost as valuable to the Russians as the B-2 would be to the US.""

???

Cheers .
 
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