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Russians Hot for Cold War Habit

Posted Aug 9, 07 5:19 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Russia's air force has revived the Soviet-era practice of flying to areas policed by NATO and the US, Reuters reports. A Tu-95 bomber "exchanged smiles" today with American pilots who raced to track it as it flew over Guam. As during the Cold War, Russian officials called the incident a routine flexing of military muscle.

The bomber fleet, a mainstay of Russia's long-range nuclear arsenal, has enjoyed increased funding with the country in an economic boom under President Vladimir Putin. A Russian general said the West would have to come to terms with his country's military resurgence, terming the mission "business as usual."

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Lt.-Gen. Igor Khvorov, the chief of staff for the Russian air force staff speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)   (Associated Press)
A Russian Su-24 medium-range bomber, known by NATO as "Fencer," flies somewhere at undisclosed location in Russia in this 2002 file photo. (AP Photo/File)   (Associated Press)
A NATO reconnaissance plane flies over the Russian research vessel Akademik Fyodorov in the Barents Sea Friday, July 27, 2007 in this image made from television. Akademik Fyodorov is part of the Russian...   (Associated Press)
In an attempt to make Russia more assertive in the world, Putin has increased defense spending, and with it, armed forces morale. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Dmitry Astakhov)   (Associated Press)
A Russian Tu-95 bomber   (Shutterstock Image)
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