We've had a lot of these Russian bomber runs near the border, I'm not sure if this one is different or not in that they went to the "launch box" position -- optimal for nuclear cruise missile strike.
So is that the same thing the Russian bombers did with Alaska and California couple months back, and the article and headline are being dramtic? Or this this one different?
And, I note, they were not intercepted this time. I guess if these have been probing runs then they're finding weaknesses.
Russian Strategic Bombers Near Canada Practice Cruise Missile Strikes on US
Two Russian strategic bombers conducted practice cruise missile attacks on the United States during a training mission last week that defense officials say appeared timed to the NATO summit in Wales.
The Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers were tracked flying a route across the northern Atlantic near Iceland, Greenland, and Canada’s northeast.
Analysis of the flight indicated the aircraft were conducting practice runs to a pre-determined “launch box”—an optimum point for firing nuclear-armed cruise missiles at U.S. targets, said defense officials familiar with intelligence reports.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security ... kes-on-us/