Strategic bomber B-52 US Air Force, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, He flew off the coast of the Murmansk region and the Arctic islands, where the new Russian air defense base, Interfax information to foreign websites, track the movements of military aircraft.
according to the report, callsign Chaos43 plane (board room 61-0015) He flew with the British airfield Ferford. He flew along the Russian border in the Kola Peninsula and the west coast of Novaya Zemlya. Then bomber circled over the archipelago of Franz Josef Land, It hosts the new Russian air defense base "Arctic shamrock".
celebrated, that B-52 did not violate air borders of Russia, it had closely followed the route, laid over international waters. The bomber also conducted aerial refueling from a tanker arrived from Britain KC-135 US Air Force.
According to the agency, seen near the plane of the Murmansk region is one of two American strategists, had been transferred at the beginning of September in Europe to participate in international maneuvers Ample Strike. This exercise took place in the Czech Republic, but the bombers managed to visit Romania and the Arctic.
Recall, B-52 Stratofortress - strategic missile carrier, able to carry up to 31,5 tons of ammunition, including nuclear, and apply them at a distance 7,2 thousand. km from the base.
