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| Norwegian jet fighters monitor increased Russian activity. |
| [26.08.2007, 10:29am, Sun. GMT] |
| Norwegian F-16 jet fighters from the Bodoe air base on Friday spent altogether 10 hours in the air, monitoring Russian military aircraft off the Norwegian coast, said reports reaching here on Saturday. From the early hours of the morning, 14 Russian jet bombers carried out strategic exercises in international airspace off the Norwegian coast, Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported. "It is the first time since the end of the cold war that the Russian military activity in the North has been at this high level, " Bodoe Wing Commander Per Egil Rygg told NRK. Also on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russians have resumed their strategic long-distance flights on a permanent basis. Undersecretary of State Espen Barth Eide said Norway has increased its military preparedness in the North, and sent extra fighter planes to Bodoe. However, he underlined that the Russians had informed Norway about the exercises, and that the planes did not violate Norwegian airspace.norwaynews |
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