As tensions rise with the West over Ukraine, Russian bombers forced NATO to scramble jets to intercept Russian military aircraft over 400 times last year. Yevgeny Stetsko / Vedomosti
Moscow Times: Russia's Strategic Bomber Fleet on Global Intimidation Drive
Russia is expanding strategic bomber flights around the globe in a bid to intimidate other nations and assert its geopolitical influence.
As tensions rise with the West over Ukraine, Russian bombers forced NATO to scramble jets to intercept Russian military aircraft over 400 times last year — more than twice as often as in 2013, according to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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