Russian bombers conduct training flights over Chukchi and East Siberian seas, TASS reports
Russian bombers conduct training flights over Chukchi and East Siberian seas, TASS reports
Two pairs of Russian strategic bombers conducted training flights over the neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea and the East Siberian Sea on Sunday as part of the Ocean-24 drills, state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing Russian Defence Ministry.
Both missions involved simulating air strikes using air-launched cruise missiles against "critical facilities of the conditional enemy".
The Ocean-2024 drills are the biggest since the Soviet era and will run until Sept. 16 across a vast area including parts of the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Mediterranean, Baltic and Caspian seas.
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