NATO Jets Intercept Russian Warplanes
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"There's a lot of Russian airborne activity above the Gulf of Finland, especially between Kaliningrad and the Russian mainland"  Russian military aircraft were intercepted by British and Norwegian jets Friday after they breached NATO airspace close to the U.K. and Finland, defense officials said.Finland's prime minister demanded an explanation from Moscow. Interception of Russian warplanes in NATO patrolled-airspace has become increasingly common since the Kremlin ordered strategic bombers to carry out long-range missions for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union.British fighter jets intercepted two Russian long-range bombers flying in NATO airspace and shadowed them until they charged course, Britain's defense ministry said, without revealing precisely where the incursion took place. The two Tu-160 'Blackjack' bombers were initially intercepted by Norwegian F16s, defense officials said. Read more
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Russia may use its strategic bombers to unleash preventive strikes against terrorists outside its borders, the commander of Russia's air force said Friday.
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Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Saturday criticized NATO's expansion into three former Soviet states on the Baltic Sea and warned that NATO warplanes flying patrols over those countries create a risk of accidental incidents.
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Anti-aircraft system capable of shooting down US fighter jets in event of strike on Iran's nuclear facilities
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A widely-suspected terrorist connection became an official claim when Russian authorities said they found traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of two passenger jets that crashed almost simultaneously, killing all 90 people on board.
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Pakistani jets bomb suspected militants gathering close to the Afghan border, military officials say.
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MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday terrorists were behind one of the passenger-jet crashes as an Islamic group, which previously claimed an attack on prime minister-designate Shaukat Aziz, claimed responsibility for the twin plane crashes to avenge the killing
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Norwegian fighter jets were preparing Sunday to take charge of patrolling Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia's air space next week, Interfax news agency reported.
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Britain and Norway send jet fighters to intercept eight Russian long-range bombers in the Arctic.
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Russian bombers test missiles in the Atlantic as part of navy exercises in the area, a Russian official says.
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NATO aircraft have killed 23 suspected insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said Sunday.
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Russian bomber aircraft approached a  U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific on Saturday and were  intercepted by American fighter jets, a U.S. defense official  said on Monday.
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Experts have found explosives in both Russian jets which crashed simultaneously this week, investigators said yesterday, making it likely that bombs brought down the aircraft before elections in volatile Chechnya.
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Russia on Friday sent 12 air force  bombers to take part in naval exercises over the Arctic and  North Atlantic oceans, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a spokesman  for Russia's air force as saying.
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Almost a week into its biggest offensive   against the Taliban, NATO says it has cornered a large group of   fighters and killed about 300, but still needs more troops and   aircraft to finish the job.
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MOSCOW -- The downing of one of two Russian passenger jets that crashed nearly simultaneously earlier this week was an act of terrorism, investigators said yesterday after finding traces of explosives amid the wreckage of one of the airliners.
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Russia launched massive air strikes on the Chechen capital, Grozny, in December 1994 after the Chechen government refused to disarm and surrender to Moscow&#39;s authority.