Tuesday, May 6, 2014

USAF spotted Russian aircraft off the coast of California

USAF spotted Russian aircraft off the coast of California


Chapter USAF Herbert Carlisle said the increased activity of the Russian Air Force in the Asia- Pacific region , reports Reuters. According to him, the Russian planes were spotted off the coast of the U.S. state of California and the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean .

Carlisle explained that American fighter F- 15 was forced to climb to intercept Russian " Bear " ( Tu-95 ) , which flew over Guam .

Head of the U.S. Air Force believes that Russia spends so exploration and demonstrates the power in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. " Of course , events in Ukraine and Crimea are a problem for us. But it is also a problem for us in the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe ," - said Carlisle.

He added that the sharply increased activity of the Russian Air Force off the coast of Korea and Japan.

" Public statements about the alleged General Carlisle grown Activity flights of Russian long-range aviation " in connection with the events in Ukraine " was summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry surprise " - said RBC senior defense officials .

" First, the United States of America through the Bering Strait actually border with the Russian Federation . Therefore regarded the Russian Air Force aircraft flights over neutral waters of the Pacific Ocean as some kind of" call " the U.S. is at least strange . Especially since the intensity of flights American reconnaissance aircraft near the eastern borders of Russia has never declined since the end of the Cold War , "- said the representative of the Ministry of Defense .

" Secondly , linking scheduled flights by Russian military aircraft in the eastern Pacific Ocean to the events in Ukraine can only be due to poor knowledge of geography . Least because these areas are located in different hemispheres of the earth. This , apparently , of the discharge , as they say in Ukraine itself : " Apples and uncle in Kiev " , - he added.

" And , finally, enough to bring down the blame on others ... If themselves climbed up to his ears in the crisis in Ukraine , then look for those responsible for what is happening there now, among others - is useless. Any international security problems can be solved only dialogue " , - concluded the representative of the Russian military.

Maria Bondarenko

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