Russian defense Ministry released a video showing Russian Tu-95 And Tu-160 Bombers Are Firing Cruise Missiles At Ukraine.
Long-range strategic bombers taking off and flying over the Bering Sea Two of the Tu-95 MS aircraft performed a 13-hour flight over the neutral waters near the western coast of Alaska, as per the Russian defense ministry.
The Asu-30sm and Su-35 fm fighter jets escorted the Tu-95 bombers. The Tu-95 entered service with the Russian military in the 1950s and has since been extensively modernized.
It is the world’s fastest turboprop missile carrier aircraft and one of the components of the Russian nuclear Triad, Putin continues to bank on the decades-old bombers in case of a conflict.
The enemy targets are forward bases and carriers, and bombers are thus less exposed to an attack unlike high-performance tactical Fighter bombers can embark on long-distance missions; large, nuclear-capable bombers intimidate opponents and can also hunt down enemy warships.
During the Cold War, Russia and the U.S. used to conduct long-range air patrols close to each other’s airspace.
These dropped off as tensions eased around 2007, but Putin reinstated Russia’s long-range air patrols, sending Bonnet lights close to the U.S., Japanese, and European airspace.
