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U.S. Fleet to Watch Russia’s Bombers
The U.S. Navy’s Fourth Fleet commander said they are keeping an eye on Russia’s Tu-160 bombers that landed in Venezuela September 10, The Associated Press reported.
“We’re always going to be careful about who’s out there and what could potentially be a threat,” the U.S. Navy’s Fourth Fleet Commander Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan told The AP aboard of Kearsarge combat ship of the United States.
The arrival of Russia’s bombers hasn’t affected the plans of the Fourth Fleet, Kernan made clear. “In my mind if the Russians flew those aircraft down to this region because of a threat from the U.S., they I think they wasted gas.”
The Fourth Fleet of the United States that watches the Caribbean basin and South America has been revived this year despite the apprehension of Brazil and Venezuela. Its official mission is participation in the anti-drug operations and humanitarian actions.
Russia’s two strategic bombers landed in Venezuela’s Libertador aerodrome late Wednesday to practice above the neutral water for the next few days. The plans are that Tu-160s that carry dummy missiles will fly over the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Russia and Venezuela will hold joint exercise in the Atlantic Ocean in November. Moscow will be represented by ships of the North Fleet headed by atomic cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great). The exercise had been planned for a year, but the final decision was made in July, during the meeting of presidents of Russia and Venezuela.
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