Sunday, November 30, 2008
U.S. Fighter Jets Escorted Russia’s Bombers Near Alaska
Two F-15 fighter jets of the United States escorted for an hour two Tu-95MC bear bombers of Russia that were patrolling the Arctic air, Interfax reported citing Half-Colonel Vladimir Drik, the aide to the RF Air Force commander.
Russia’s two bombers of long-range aviation made the 15-hour flight November 25 through November 26. The U.S. jets escorted them above the Arctic Ocean near the Alaska coast.
The bear bombers were back at the permanent Ukrainka air base in the Far East early November 27. During the flight, the bombers were refueled by Il-78 flying tankers.
All flights of long-range aviation are made above the neutral waters and in strict conformity with the international air regulations. Russia’s jets don’t violate the borders of other states, Drik specified.
http://www.kommersant.com/p-13648/F-15_Tu-95MC
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Rice says Russia playing 'dangerous game' with bomber flights

WASHINGTON, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - Condoleezza Rice has said the Bush administration is unhappy with flights by Russian strategic bombers near U.S. borders and accused Moscow of playing a "dangerous game."
Talking about flights by Tu-95 Bear bombers, the U.S. secretary of state told journalists Monday: "We've had Russian Bear flights along the Norwegian coast...even along the borders with the United States which...is a very dangerous game, and perhaps one the Russians want to reconsider."
"Nobody needs Russian strategic aviation along America's coasts," she added.Rice made the comments as she left for an emergency session of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, which is due to meet Tuesday to consider relations with Moscow following a cessation in hostilities between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia.
The emergency meeting was called last week by Washington, which accused Russia of a "disproportionate" response after Georgia launched a military offensive against South Ossetia August 8 to try and regain control over the breakaway region, prompting Russia to send several hundred tanks and thousands of troops into the region.
Rice said the main goal of the meeting of the 26-member alliance was to deny Russia its "strategic objective" by backing Georgian democracy.
She also accused Russia of trying to assert its influence in the region "by military means." She added that Moscow had harmed "its own reputation" with its response to the Georgian attack.
Russia resumed strategic bomber patrols, often escorted by NATO planes, over the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans last August following an order signed by then-president Vladimir Putin.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Russia Considering a Fueling Station in Cuba for their Nuclear Bombers?

The anonymous person running this blog knows his stuff about Russia. I have been reading it for several months and it is very impressive.
The conflicting messages emanating from Moscow with respect to the Kremlin's alleged plans to forward deploy strategic bombers to Cuba, Venezuela, and Algeria in response to US National Missile Defense plans in Central Europe continued yesterday with a second article published in the Russian daily Izvestia. Citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry, which officially denies such reports, Izvestia revealed that crews of Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95MS Bear bombers have already visited Cuba to inspect the site and facilities of a possible forward landing airfield that could be employed as a refueling stopover.
Another Russian publication, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, refuted such revelations by insisting that the Kremlin is engaging in "saber-rattling in empty air." State-run Novosti reports that "At present the Russian military is considering the possibility of establishing so-called 'jump-up' bases in various regions of the world to provide refueling and maintenance support for the patrolling bombers." Nezavisimaya Gazeta contends, however, that "The Russian defense budget simply does not have sufficient resources to ensure the implementation of these plans."
http://once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com/
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Ret. Gen. McInerny - Russia is now an Adversary of the USA
The Russians are also using radical Islam as a smoke screen so people do not see the real threat and that is WORLD COMMUNISM.
The Russian population is decreasing and so is the amount of oil that they are pumping. A terrorism expert from Stratfor Intelligence was on FOX News over six months ago and he mentioned that "Putin will make a move on the West soon, due to these factors".
It was also Gorbachev who told his party friends in 1987 "Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep."
The Soviet Cheka (KGB) still run Russia - and do so in ruthless fashion.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
US general warns Russia on nuclear bombers in Cuba

"If they did I think we should stand strong and indicate that is something that crosses a threshold, crosses a red line for the United States of America," said General Norton Schwartz, nominated to be the air force's chief of staff.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080722180457.q0jlf4en&show_article=1&image=large
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080723/114731975.html
Monday, July 21, 2008
Former Russian Gen. - Put Russian Bombers in Cuba Due to NATO Expansion

Russian daily Izvestia earlier on Monday cited a senior Russian military source as saying that Russian strategic bombers could be stationed again in Cuba, only 90 miles from the U.S. coast, in response to the U.S. missile shield in Europe.
"If these plans are being considered, it would be a good response to the attempts to place NATO bases near the Russian borders," Gen. of the Army Pyotr Deinekin told RIA Novosti.
YEREVAN, July 22 (RIA Novosti) - NATO expansion will not lead to greater stability in the world, the head of a post-Soviet security bloc said on Tuesday.
"We take a negative view of NATO enlargement. The problem is that new military infrastructure is being built around Collective Security Treaty Organization [CSTO] member states, primarily Russia and Belarus," Nikolai Bordyuzha, general secretary of the CSTO, told a news conference in the Armenian capital.
The CSTO is a post-Soviet security alliance which also comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
"This also applies to forward bases in Bulgaria and Romania, attempts to deploy radar stations in the Baltic region, and infrastructure in Central Asia," he said.
Bordyuzha said the expansion of NATO would not automatically bring about greater stability in the world.
"I believe there are other ways of creating collective security systems, both in Europe and globally; these options should be used," he said. He also added, without elaborating, that it was wrong "to impose NATO membership on certain states."
He conceded, however, that any sovereign state had a right to join any international organization, as long as that "strengthens global stability."
He stressed that all post-Soviet states needed stability to be able to continue their economic growth and implement social programs.
"It is this kind of stability that we are working for, including through the CSTO," Bordyuzha said.
Russia has been strengthening military ties with its allies amid growing tensions over NATO expansion and U.S. missile shield plans for Central Europe. An agreement was recently signed by Washington and Prague on deploying a U.S. radar in the Czech Republic, a move that did little to assuage Russian concerns for its national security. The missile deal has yet to be approved by the Czech parliament.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080722/114631683.html