Russia resumes long-range flights by strategic bombers.

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DynamicTraveler 8/17/2007 12:56:41 PM

link 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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