... another 100 are held in reserve (with the possibility of being brought into airworthy condition).
Modernisation
is underway to create the Tu-22M3M version, and a contract has been signed for work to be done on 30 planes.
The role played by strategic aviation in Russia’s policy is virtually the opposite to that of the Americans. The main difference is its precise specialisation in the deterrent nuclear function. Russian and Soviet strategic bombers have never been used in local wars. Moreover, the non-modernised ...
... reconnaissance plane was flying with its transponder turned off. The transponder is a radio transmitter that broadcasts the aircraft call signs and its flight parameters in response to a secondary radar signal – a method on which all modern civil aviation traffic control is based. This is spiced up by the fact that the western countries regularly accuse the Russian air force of reconnaissance aircraft flying with their transponders turned off.
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RC-135U Combat Sent
Yet the Flightradar24 resource announced on Twitter to the Russia Today agency that the plane was flying with ...
... Perspectives
While the threat of escalation following an unfortunate scenario for these three incidents appears rather far-fetched, the 11
serious incidents with escalation risks
are even more fanciful. Most of them are related to different kinds of Russian aviation activities. In four cases Russian fighters intercepted and escorted American and Swedish reconnaissance planes, twice they flew around battleships in the Black Sea, and three training flights of bombers were recognized as
mock bombing raid missions
...
... hundred planes and helicopters of various types dwindled to few aircraft within separated units with a murky future. The revival is being launched virtually from the zero level, with a long way to go until the status is back to normal.
In 2011, the naval aviation of Russia was practically deprived of its strike capabilities, as its Tu-22M3 long-range strike bombers, MIG-31 and SU-27 fighters, SU-24 attack aircraft, and a part of transport airplanes were transferred under the command of the Air Force. The only exclusion ...
... Policy Framework. Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa. URL:
http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=108831
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. How Russia Joining World Trade Organization Affects Aviation. URL:
http://www.corporatejetinvestor.com/articles/russia-joins-wto-aviation-741/
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. International Air Transport: the Impact of Globalization on Activity Levels. Globalization, Transport and Environment, the OECD, 2010.
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. The Federal Target Program “Development of Civil Aviation Technology of Russia in 2002-2010 ...
