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Re: How can these people be so stupid?

Tiger Luck wrote:
> "She has Russia on one side and Canada on the other. No one can tell me
> she doesn't have international experience."
>
> ~Kool Aid drinker at the RNC

By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Apr 8, 2008 6:19:17 EDT

More and more American and Canadian fighter jets are scrambling and
intercepting Russian bombers flying off the *Alaskan* coast,
exacerbating tensions between the former Cold War foes.

There have been 16 such intercepts since July, Pacific Air Forces
Commander Gen. Howie Chandler told the Anchorage Daily News on March 27.
That compares with just one in 2005, and none in the previous 10 years,
Chandler said.

The Air Force and North American Aerospace Defense Command would not
grant an interview and were unable to confirm those numbers by press time.

The most recent incident occurred March 25, when two F-15s from
Elmendorf Air Force Base, *Alaska*, scrambled to intercept two Russian
Tu-95 Bear heavy bombers.

None of the Russian bombers has entered American airspace, which extends
12 miles out from U.S. soil, said Maj. Allen Herritage, a spokesman for
NORAD’s *Alaska* region. Rather, the bombers have been intercepted after
entering the *Alaska* Air Defense Identification Zone, a buffer that
extends even further out.

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/04/airforce_pacaf_040608/


Itar-Tass - 2007-09-20

Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers, within the scope of a long-range
aviation drill, flew along the coasts of *Alaska* and Canada and
returned to their home airfield via the North Pole on Thursday, Air
Force spokesman Col Alexander Drobyshevsky told Itar-Tass.

"A pair of Tu-95MS planes flew along a large range along the coasts of
*Alaska* and Canada and, returned home via the North Pole. The bombers
were refueled in mid air by an Il-78 tanker aircraft. The average flight
duration made up some 17 hours. The aircraft flew more than 13,000
kilometers," Drobyshevsky said.

"During refueling, each Tu-95MS took on board 30 tonnes of fuel, a
record high amount since the Soviet era," the spokesman said.

"Another pair of Tu-95MS flew around Greenland into the air space over
eastern Atlantic Ocean. The average duration of flight was some 12
hours," Drobyshevsksy said.

"Tu-95MS flights were made in accordance with air patrol plans. During
the mission, the bombers were accompanied by NATO planes," according to
the spokesman.

"The crews of Tu-22M3 planes, along with the scheduled flights, flew
patrol missions over the Black Sea, with the average flight time of 5
hours. Another two pairs of Tju-22M3 planes practiced bombing at the
Nagotai range in the Irkutsk region. Tu-95 MS, Tu-22M3 and Il-78 made
more than 15 flights today," he noted.

"The flights by long-range aviation were made according to international
rules of the use of air space, over neutral waters, without violating
the borders of other states," Drobyshevsky said.

The long-range aviation exercise began on September 18 and will run
through September 21.

Russia resumed patrolling by long-range aviation in remote areas after a
17-year pause, per decision by the supreme commander-in-chief, President
Vladimir Putin.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aidh69

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That's life on the last American frontier.
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