Russia Readies Strategic Bombers in Snap Far East Military Drills

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Russia Readies Strategic Bombers in Snap Far East Military Drills

Russia Readies Strategic Bombers in Snap Far East Military Drills
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13:44 14/07/2013
Tags: Tu-95MS, drills, Military District, Defense Ministry, Vladimir Putin, Amur Region, Russia
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MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s air base of Tu-95MS Bear-H strategic bombers in the Amur Region is switching to full combat readiness as part of massive snap drills in the Eastern Military District, the Defense Ministry’s press office reported on Sunday.
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The exercise, which involves over 160,000 servicemen, some 1,000 armored vehicles, 130 aircraft and 70 warships from the Pacific Fleet, was ordered by President Vladimir Putin on Friday evening.
“Additionally, on order from the Russian president, the 6952nd air base of long-range aviation [at Ukrainka in the Amur Region] is switching to ‘Full’ combat readiness from 5:00 p.m. Moscow time, July 13. Tu-95MS strategic bombers are preparing for combat mission flights,” the press office said.
The military exercise is being held in strict compliance with the endorsed plan, the press office said. “There have been no disruptions or delays in the planned troops’ regrouping.”
It is the third surprise combat readiness check since January and follows a major shake-up at the top of a military establishment tarnished by persistent evidence of rampant corruption.

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Putin said in May that surprise military drills is a perfect way to keep the armed forces in good shape and vowed to continue similar practices in the future.
“The main goal of the drills is to check the readiness of units to carry out their missions, and to assess the quality of their training and technical preparedness,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The Eastern Military District is one of the four operational strategic commands of the Russian Armed Forces. The district was formed in 2010. It absorbed the territories of the former Far East Military District and part of the former Siberian Military District with headquarters at Khabarovsk.

Hey Vlad, the 40's called & want their tail gunners back.....

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quietobserver wrote:

Hey Vlad, the 40's called & want their tail gunners back.....

It has  . . . GASP . . . PROPELLERS!

Good point. Sure not outrunning anything....

Flying these antiques is either a big bluff or; on a spooky serious note, they really have modernized & miniaturized the SCALAR stuff. The Russian built cargo ship snapping in two awhile back makes you wonder because that would be a classic SCALAR strike. Let's pray we're off this rock before we all find out.

researcher wrote:

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quietobserver wrote:

Hey Vlad, the 40's called & want their tail gunners back.....

It has  . . . GASP . . . PROPELLERS!