Friday, October 30, 2015

Two Russian TU-142 Bear aircraft shooed off from USS Ronald Reagan


Four F/A-18 fighter jets were scrambled to protect USS Ronald Reagan that was engaged in a military exercise with South Korea. The fighter jets were launched by the Navy's Carrier Air Wing Five and intercepted Russian bombers near the US aircraft carrier off the Korean peninsula to shoo them away because they had come dangerously close to the ship.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 October 2015.
This has been confirmed by the White House - it has said that USS Ronald Reagan was conducting a military exercise with South Korea in international waters in the Sea of Japan when the the incident took place. Two Russian Tu-142 Bear aircraft flew to within a mile of the carrier at an altitude of 500ft on Tuesday.
White house has downplayed the incident and have indicated that it did not represent a "significant confrontation". The White House has also urged Russia on previous occasions to ensure that its military follows generally accepted international protocols.
USS Ronald Reagan is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and has around 5,000 crew members. It is based at Japan's Yokosuka naval port.

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)
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