Published today 8-11-2013:
RF note Colombia is studying an abuse of its Tu-160 air space
12:46 11/08/2013 (Updated: 11/08/2013 16:04) 2 356 1 3
The President of Colombia said that the Russian Tu-160, the perpetrators of last week's scheduled flight to patrol remote areas, crossed the Colombian airspace without permission.
MOSCOW, November 8 - RIA Novosti. Moscow received a protest note from Colombia in connection with the alleged violation of the Russian Tu-160 air space of the country, now it is studying, said Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.
"Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the note, and we are now very carefully analyze the contents of the note. We are in close contact with our colleagues from the Department of Defense is actively looking at this situation, the study transmitted a note of protest" - said Lukashevich.
Two Russian long-range aviation aircraft Tu-160 began Oct. 28 flight plan patrol remote areas along the coast of Norway were accompanied by two fighter F16, and passed over the Straits of Iceland and the UK over the Atlantic Ocean and landed at the airport "Maiquetia" in Venezuela. Then the Russian aircrews flying over the Caribbean, and landed at the airport in Managua, Nicaragua, and November 5 back in Russia.
On Tuesday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that the Russian Tu-160 last week crossed the Colombian airspace without permission and his government will send a protest note to Moscow.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that all flights of the Air Forces of Russia carried out in strict accordance with international regulations on the use of airspace.
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What tasks you can perform strategic bomber Tu-160
In two vnutrifyuzelyazhnyh gruzootsekah can accommodate different target load weighing up to 40,000 lbs. It includes strategic cruise missiles.
"Red button on board we do not, the system has many degrees of protection. Our task in the case of receipt of the order to deliver a means of defeating a certain square in the specified time, it will fly to any of the missiles, we do not know" - told RIA Novosti commander Aviation Unit. More in the video RIA News >>
As for the Russian Air Force aircraft lifted its fighters Japan
In mid-July, two Russian Tu-95 and Il-20 flying near the airspace of Japan over the Kuril islands, four of which are the subject of the Sino-Russian territorial dispute. Representatives of the Japanese authorities then noted that the Russian aircraft did not violate the airspace of Japan. Read more >>
In early October, Russian anti-IL-38 flew along the central part of the island of Honshu from the Sea of Japan. Airspace, according to the Joint Staff of the Self-Defense Forces, was not violated, but the air defense forces were put on alert. Read more >>
According to statistics from the Joint Staff, from July to September this year, the fighters of the Air Self-Defense Forces of Japan 105 times the alarm raised by the appearance of Russian aircraft. During the same period, China's aircraft appeared close to Japan 80 times. During the period April-September 2013 Japanese fighters 308 times raised the alarm. Besides Russia and China have become the cause of alert aircraft DPRK (9 times), Taiwan (1 time) and "other countries" (13 times).
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Further I think it could be the spokesperson was talking about the regions that will be navigated during the complete trip. It wouldn't surprise me if they return to the motherland via the Pacific.
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