Russia Sends Long Bombers Back on Patrol [link]
CHEBARKUL TESTING RANGE, Russia - President Vladimir Putin placed strategic bombers back on long-range patrol for the first time since the Soviet breakup, sending a tough message to the United States on Friday hours after a major Russian military exercise with China.
Message?
What message?
The Soviets went head-to-head with the West and they nearly went bankrupt.
So, what is Putin up to? Trying to repeat the same folly?
"Starting today, such tours of duty will be conducted regularly and on the strategic scale," Putin said. "Our pilots have been grounded for too long. They are happy to start a new life."
Or, is he trying to occupy a group that would otherwise be a potential source of "unrest."
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