Russian Bombers
Russia, in a move that made the headlines, sent two of its advanced jet-powered Tu-160 bombers (similar to the American B-1), across the Atlantic, down the Eastern seaboard, and to Venezuela. They were trying to show that they can project power across the world. Hugo made a big deal about this, talking up a storm about a "pluripolar" world and suchlike. There are two things I love about this though.
1) The two Tu-160's are 1/8th of all of Russias Tu-160s, which are in turn 100% of their modern large-bomber fleet. In other words, they aint got shit. (and they lost way more than they claim they did, about 8-10 aircraft instead of 4, in the Georgian war).
2) We knew they were coming so long before they got close, we had jets escort them all the way across the atlantic, down the east coast, and to Venezuelan airspace. I wish a picture of that made the news.
1) The two Tu-160's are 1/8th of all of Russias Tu-160s, which are in turn 100% of their modern large-bomber fleet. In other words, they aint got shit. (and they lost way more than they claim they did, about 8-10 aircraft instead of 4, in the Georgian war).
2) We knew they were coming so long before they got close, we had jets escort them all the way across the atlantic, down the east coast, and to Venezuelan airspace. I wish a picture of that made the news.
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