It became known that two Russian supersonic strategic missile carriers Tu-160 have worked out a number of combat training tasks in the airspace of Belarus.
Our pilots also simulated bombing at the Ruzhanovsky training ground. They did not use aviation weapons of destruction there. The Belarusian Defense Ministry first informed about this in its telegram channel. And then confirmed in the military department of the Russian Federation.
Moscow stressed that the flights of the Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the airspace of Belarus are carried out in order to ensure the security of the Union State and are not directed against third countries.
More detailed information was received from Minsk. The Belarusian military reported that simultaneously with the flight of our Tu-160, local fighter aircraft solved the task of their conditional interception, and then provided escort of missile carriers along the specified route. "The ongoing inspection of the on-duty forces that are part of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State, as well as the tasks being solved, indicate the readiness and determination of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation to ensure the military security of the Union State in any situation, both in the air and on the ground," the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus said.
They confirmed that flights of strategic aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation in the airspace of Belarus will be conducted on a regular basis.
Recall that the Russian Aerospace Forces of Russia are sending their Long-range aircraft to a neighboring and friendly country for the second day in a row. On October 10, two long-range Tu-22M3 missile bombers conducted air patrols there. Their crews, according to our military, participated in checking the air defense system.
"Military exercises, bomber flights are a training of joint actions and the establishment of a control system. This is a warning of a possible military conflict turning into a major war. It is absolutely necessary to do this - to demonstrate your readiness," Interfax quoted the former head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry, Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov. - We have a Union state with Belarus, we have a common defense space and joint plans in the field of defense. And we have designated a potential enemy - NATO."
Yuri Gavrilov
