Vladivostok. January 7. INTERFAX-Fighters of the Pacific Fleet in 2020 flew more than ten times to accompany Russian strategic and long-range aircraft, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.
"Fighter jets of the Pacific Fleet in 2020 more than 10 times ensured the safety of flights of strategic missile carriers and long-range anti-submarine aircraft in the area of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet," the report says.
According to the press service, MiG-31 interceptors based in Kamchatka ensured the safety of flights of Tu-95MS missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces, as well as Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet in the area of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet.
"Throughout the year, strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS and long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 repeatedly performed scheduled flights in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas, as well as along the western coast of Alaska and the northern coast of the Aleutian Islands," the press service noted.
All flights of the aircraft were conducted in strict accordance with International Rules for the Use of airspace, without violating the borders of other States.
The Tu-142 is a long-range anti-submarine warfare aircraft, one of the largest in the world. It is designed to combat submarines of a potential enemy, create and control long-range anti-submarine lines for a long time. On the codification of NATO-Bear-F. The practical range of the Tu-142 is 12550 km, the combat range is 6400 km.
Tu-95MS are designed to solve strike tasks to defeat the most important targets in remote areas and in the deep rear of continental theaters of war. The aircraft is capable of carrying nuclear missile weapons. The crew is seven people. The maximum mass of the combat load is 20 tons.
Russian strategic aviation-Tu-160 and Tu-95MS, as well as anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 and Il-38 regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean.
