Tu-160M strategic supersonic missile-carrying bomber in the sky over the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 21Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers performed a scheduled flight in airspace over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents and White Seas, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports. «Two strategic missile carriers Tu-160s performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents and White Seas, lasting about 13 hours,» the report says. It is noted that during the flight, the aircraft crews worked out refueling in the air. that long-range aviation pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean. It is added that all aircraft flights are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
