Russia conducts Tu-22 strategic bomber drills in the south
The Russian Air Force announced that their Tu-22M3 Backfire-C bombers flew a series of tactical exercises in the south of the country and in Kazakhstan this week.
"We held a series of strategic bomber exercises [involving Tu-22M3 bombers] Tuesday and Friday to practice penetrating the air defenses of a potential adversary," Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
"The crews also conducted simulated bomber raids at the Guryanovo testing range in the Saratov Region [southern Russia], and practiced launches of cruise missiles at the Emba testing range in Kazakhstan," he said.
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