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Old 04-04-2008, 14:43 PM   #86 (permalink)
Zemco
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Originally Posted by HistoricalDavid View Post
FFS, the Tu-95 may old and crusty but properly employed it is still a very long-ranged nuclear delivery platform. Leave it at that.
No doubt about that, but I think this is a classic case of misinformation, perhaps even disinformation. The Russians wouldn't send bombers, instead they would send the EW variants to look at electromagnetic signatures, radar frequencies and voice/data communications, just like the US would do (and does).
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