Russia to renew regular long-range flights of strategic bombers

17.08.2007 10:28

President Vladimir Putin had ordered to resume regular long-range flights of strategic bombers.

"I have made a decision to resume regular flights of Russian strategic aviation," Putin was quoted as saying by Russian agencies. He said a halt in long-range bombers' flights after the Soviet collapse had affected Russia's security as other nations had continued such missions - a oblique reference to the United States.

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