SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - Tu-95 Russian bombers grounded

I hope these old planes aren't carrying live nuclear warheads :o

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a second Tu-95 crashed 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/russia...201800820.html

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Russia has been flying sorties 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.