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Old June 30th 08, 10:08 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Michael Shirley
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Default "U.S. fighters ID bombers near Alaska: Russian flights smack of Cold War"

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:18:15 -0700, Tiger wrote:


Tu-95 have been active in other nato areas. They don't need to fly to
Alaska to take pics of F-22's. They can go to Google......


They want to collect things like reaction times, radar frequencies and
pulse rates, and stuff like that. You can bet that those old Bears are
packed up the gazoo with ELINT gear as well as the usual bomber stuff.




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