ALERT: Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers land in Venezuela | Brazil and World

Two strategic missile bombers Blackjack Tu-160, a heavy military transport aircraft An-124 and a long-range aircraft from Aerospace Force II have landed today in the US. Maiquetía international airport of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, announced the ministry.

The report adds that the flight of the aircraft occurred over the waters of the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, in accordance with international rules governing the use of airspace. "During the flight, the VKS pilots traveled more than 10,000 kilometers."

This is not the first displacement of the Tu-160 to Venezuela. Previously, these strategic missile bombers had visited Venezuela in September 2008 and in October-November 2013.

According to US defense authorities, nuclear-powered Tu-160 blackjack bombers are being sent to Venezuela this week in the United States. framework of a more and more provocative program of bombing training flights.

The bombing raid in South America is Russia's seventh robbery for blackjack bombers in the past three months.

The Pentagon should closely monitor the Blackjacks because of its potential launch of nuclear cruise missiles on US targets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in January 2018 that the army is investing $ 2.8 billion to modernize the Tu-160 fleet with new engines and state-of-the-art avionics.

Putin recently stepped up the threatening rhetoric against the United States following the announcement by the Trump government of its withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty on Violations of the United States. Agreement by Moscow.

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In March, Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yury Borisov announced that the Tu-160 was undergoing significant modernization and carried Kh-55 nuclear missiles as well as conventional cruise missiles Kh-555 and Kh-101 [19659002]