Mr Quatro
07-15-15, 11:20 AM
I hope these old planes aren't carrying live nuclear warheads :o
a second Tu-95 crashed (http://tass.ru/en/russia/808378) on Tuesday close to the Chinese border. The incident has led to Russia grounding its Tu-95 fleet to carry out mechanical inspections of its planes.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/russias-military-aircraft-now-crashing-201800820.html
Russia has been flying sorties (http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-long-range-bombers-are-messaging-the-us-2015-4) across Europe, the Atlantic, and the Pacific with a frequency unseen since the Cold War. This increased workload has put heavy strain on an aging fleet of Cold War-era bombers and fighters that Russia is only now trying to modernize (http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-is-modernizing-its-air-force-2015-3).
a second Tu-95 crashed (http://tass.ru/en/russia/808378) on Tuesday close to the Chinese border. The incident has led to Russia grounding its Tu-95 fleet to carry out mechanical inspections of its planes.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/russias-military-aircraft-now-crashing-201800820.html
Russia has been flying sorties (http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-long-range-bombers-are-messaging-the-us-2015-4) across Europe, the Atlantic, and the Pacific with a frequency unseen since the Cold War. This increased workload has put heavy strain on an aging fleet of Cold War-era bombers and fighters that Russia is only now trying to modernize (http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-is-modernizing-its-air-force-2015-3).