Posted on 08/25/2010 5:56:57 PM PDT by jackv
Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers in the Arctic as they approached Canadian airspace on the eve of a visit from Canada's prime minister who will observe an Arctic military exercise, a spokesman for the prime minister said Wednesday.
Dimitri Soudas, Stephen Harper's director of communications, said two Canadian CF-18 jets shadowed a pair of Russian TU-95 Bear jets in international airspace on Tuesday.
Soudas said the bombers flew within 30 miles (50 kilometers) of Canadian soil. They were first spotted approximately 120 nautical miles north of Inuvik, Northwest Territories.
"Thanks to the rapid response of the Canadian Forces, at no time did the Russian aircraft enter sovereign Canadian airspace," Soudas said in an e-mail.
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Makes a few sit up and take notice...Probing...Probing...
Remember how ‘active’ the Russkies were after the election of Zero on our borders? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Nah, not being suicidal, their charts show no-fly zones for 30 miles around the homes of the Palins, Chuck Norris, and Ted Nugent.
LOL...I wouldn’t be surprised to hear Putin was flying one of them, flexing his pecs at the pesky Canadian fighter aircraft!
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