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Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier aircraft. Photo/sputnik
MOSCOW – Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier aircraft made planned flights over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas. They were escorted by MiG-31 aircraft.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) revealed this on Monday (5/6/2023).
“Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier aircraft completed their planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas for about five hours,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The Russian Ministry of Defense explained, “The escort of the fighter aircraft is provided by the MiG-31 aircraft crew of the Northern Fleet Air Force and Air Defense. Long-haul pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean.”
“All flights of Russian air force aircraft were carried out in accordance with international rules for the use of airspace,” the statement said.
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