"Russia To Send Two Nuclear-Capable Tu-160 Bombers" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2019 10:40 p.m. PST |
… To South Africa. "Russia has announced plans to send two nuclear-capable Tu-160 bombers to South Africa in what observers say would be the first such deployment on the African continent. The Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber, nicknamed the White Swan in Russia, is a supersonic Soviet-era aircraft capable of carrying up to 12 short-range nuclear missiles and of flying 12,000 kilometers non-stop without refueling…"
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| Thresher01 | 10 Nov 2019 9:18 a.m. PST |
Interesting. Seems like an unwise and unsafe deployment for such a large portion of their operational, strategic bomber force. |
| SBminisguy | 10 Nov 2019 12:53 p.m. PST |
Interesting.Seems like an unwise and unsafe deployment for such a large portion of their operational, strategic bomber force. LOL!! Yep, they only have about x10 of these planes in service, all built in the late 1980s before the Cold War ended. |
| Tango01 | 10 Nov 2019 3:02 p.m. PST |
What they would "bomb" in Africa?…
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| nsolomon99 | 10 Nov 2019 10:47 p.m. PST |
20% of The Soviet Union's – sorry, Russia's – operational strategic bombing force is heading for South Africa?!? Now thats what I call an over-reaction to shark attacks off Durban beaches. |
| Barin1 | 11 Nov 2019 3:36 a.m. PST |
Old news, and not accurate.
2 bombers VISITED South Africa in October with refueling on the way and safely returned to their base in Russia. |
| Tango01 | 11 Nov 2019 11:12 a.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 12 Nov 2019 7:00 p.m. PST |
Thanks for keeping us on the straight and narrow, Barin1. |
| Tango01 | 14 Nov 2019 12:38 p.m. PST |
Barin is always a good contributor here…
Thanks you for that.
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