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Two Russian Tu-95s circumvented Guam last month; JASDF scrambled fighters

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Two Russia Tu-95 bombers flew past Japan and circumvented Guam on Nov. 25, at one point, the bombers were intercepted by fighters from Japan.

12th Fighter Squadron F-15 intercepting a Russian Tupolev Tu-95
By United States Air Force via Wikimedia Commons

Washington Free Beacon says this is the fourth time in three years that Russian bombers have done that.

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One thought on “Two Russian Tu-95s circumvented Guam last month; JASDF scrambled fighters”

  1. I ask why in gods name is obama so scared to confront the chineese . Irannians. Russians, n,korea. I never in my life time would have thought any foriegn nation would have the balls to come within 100 miles of a american carrier battle group. Let alone fly low, mulitiple passes over it . And drones. To take pictures. With no repracutions.. What a sorry . Feckless and i dare not even use term ,comander and chief, person we have as a suppossed leader. God help us .

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